The Art of Illegal Street Art | TPL Disrupt | TakePart

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Should street artists be prosecuted? 'TakePart Live' host Jacob Soboroff set out to explore art across a range of categories. They all had one thing in common, though: they're illegal. This is the seventh feature as part of the show's original "TPL Disrupt" documentary series combining investigative and participatory docu-journalism.
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[@mcdirtywork]

what the bloody hell is a street artist? I was a graph writer. Not a street artist. When I think of a street artist I think of some Frenchman painting on an easel in the middle of Paris somewhere on a sidewalk in a white and red striped shirt and beret going, "He, he, he... Hoh, hoh, hoh!

[@eldritchcupcakes3195]

Yeah like... it’s graffiti artist or graffiti writer not street artist

[@johnnyc.3261]

A street artist doesn’t focus on words/letters it’s more about displaying ideas with art.

[@MindzEnt]

It's a bad day in street art when the reason you highlight an artist is because of their gender.

[@eldritchcupcakes3195]

I mean... most street artists that get famous are male.

[@romans9955]

@@eldritchcupcakes3195 They aren't getting famous for being male though.

[@vincentcarson5504]

Did you just say Sheppard got famous from the Obama posters? 😂

[@WeAreFamous]

So dope, great piece!

[@stover14]

You're completely confusing graffiti and street art. They're two very different disciplines

[@deserthandz7145]

Anyone know where i can find those glasses?!

[@Gin_____]

Hey Jacob, French dude here, could you (or anyone) tell me why can't i watch your TakePart channel? KZbin is telling me that these videos are not availlable in France but WHYYYY? :( I was so excited to watch some of your recent TPL Disrupt but wasn't allowed to do so... :'( Just watch this one, your doing great! But pleaaase, let me watch the whole thing :p

[@Jacob-sj5nn]

How do.you even print posters like that with a normal printer?

[@GamingProductionz12]

Lol Toonerville and The rascals have always had intense beef

[@eldritchcupcakes3195]

Wait... they think we’ll ask for permission? What do they think we are?

[@Lyric_schenewark]

Boom! All the sudden knitting is sexier.

[@jto420]

Do what makes u happy illegal or not , we are only here temporarily on this earth , everybody has an opinion on what someone else is doing, people should mind their own business, & live life to the fullest.... wtf ....

[@eldritchcupcakes3195]

If it isn’t hurting anyone (that includes financially) than it’s fine

[@johnbruce9075]

Tags make jobs for other people but you cant do it it is illegal lmao

[@eldritchcupcakes3195]

You think that stops them?

[@3liyyahu591]

I want to learn spray paint

[@DeKay1471]

Elijah Hassan best advise I was ever given was to get a phone book and a cheap black marker. Make a tag, then fill the phone book, every page, before using spay paint on a wall, no one wants to see ugly shit on walls and you'll regret it if you get good then look back on it. ✌️👊

[@3liyyahu591]

@@DeKay1471 I literally just saw this

[@ma_deem]

+ 10:52

[@readysetsleep]

Yarn art kills trees.

[@citoortiz2495]

Graffiti is street art but street art is not graffiti 💯🤷🏻‍♂️ fucking hate it when they call street art (graffiti)

[@carlosborrayo2276]

So basically gentrification.

[@YthewayTV]

He'll take down ppls art but won't put up any form of art... 🤔 smh

[@kevind814]

"Should street artists be prosecuted?" Yes, vandals should be prosecuted. Sure, we can debate what constitutes "art" all day, but in the end the so called street artists are 1) defacing someone else's art (that wall or streetlamp is just as much art as a swath of paint), and 2) wasting taxpayer money to remove it. As for the gang of postering scofflaws, folks might be more lenient toward their crime if they cleaned up after themselves by removing the posters the next day.

[@citoortiz2495]

Kevin D Nobody cares what you think 😹 we aren't gonna stop

[@itsyaboiedgy4666]

Why dont we use buff money for something more useful

[@eldritchcupcakes3195]

Isn’t gonna stop me.

[@romans9955]

You should look into where your tax money is actually going into...