ABSTRACT
Most of us encounter graffiti and street art as part of our everyday experiences of the city, as they occupy spots on urban surfaces and coexist alongside a wide array of urban signage. Graffiti and street art have been researched as aesthetic categories, urban cultures, legal contentions, cultural commodities and placemaking tactics – but they are also, perhaps fundamentally, localized inscriptions. They take place in precise locations within the built environment, adapting to existing visual and material contexts and contributing to their appearance and development.
