Suburban Graffiti

Graffiti started in cities and that’s where most of it is. Cities, after all, are where most of the walls are, and graffiti is painted on walls. Still, some graff happens in the suburbs. This piece by Rime (aka Jersey Joe), for example, is in suburban New Jersey:

It’s painted on a wall that supports the Garden State Parkway. When I turned around and pointed my camera the other way, this is what I saw, forest:

It’s not very deep, only a hundred yards or so. But it’s deep enough that the people living on the other side can’t see the graffiti, not even in winter, when the trees are bare. They’re too many, they’re too thick. The kids probably know about the graffiti, because they play in those woods. But their parents, not a clue, not unless someone tells them.

So, no one knows about this graffiti – Rime isn’t the only writer at this site, there must be a dozen others. Why put your art where no one can see it, no one except other graffiti writers and the neighborhood kids?

Here’s some details from the Rime:

Notice all the visual cues about 3D space. If this graff where a 3D object, what would it be like?

You can see more flix from this site in my Suburban NJ set on Flickr.