A brief history of graffiti - Kelly Wall
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Spray-painted subway cars, tagged bridges, mural-covered walls – graffiti pops up boldly throughout our cities. And it turns out: it’s nothing new. Graffiti has been around for thousands of years. And across that span of time, it’s raised the same questions we debate now: Is it art? Is it vandalism? Kelly Wall describes the history of graffiti.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator
- Kelly Wall
- Script Editor
- Mia Nacamulli
- Director
- Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat
- Animator
- Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat
- Composer
- Cem Misirlioglu
