The writing on the wall

"Art was once an active agent of change, as opposed to fulfilling the role of passive commentary it does now. It has been almost entirely stripped of these ancient powers, imprisoned behind bars of gold. When people go to a gallery to experience some art they leave perhaps thinking, "that was beautiful" or "gee, it really makes you think" but their psychosocial imprints are left generally unaltered. Graffiti, on the other hand, forces one to confront and evaluate these imprints in day-to-day life when one isn't prepared to experience art, which can be a disconcerting, though potentially cathartic, encounter for many".

Symbols are essentially interfaces, mediating between consciousness and the unconscious and by participating in both. Sam Renseiw recently caught this fine sentence at a street corner. Enjoy the semantics by clicking here or drive through to the high placed above. (patafilm 187, 00'58'', 4.3MB, quicktime/mov - Flash version here)