On a recent trip to Hongdae I brought along my camera and decided to shoot the graffiti. I’d always noticed the graffiti in Hongdae. I can’t remember really spotting any everywhere else. Maybe a name tagged discreetly somewhere, but nothing as outlandish as what’s found in Hongdae.
I have to say that often I couldn’t determine whether it was true graffiti or something a business decided to put up for advertising. Perhaps some them are are combination?
Some of the work really did get gritty and extreme. Is it still graffiti if it has a message?
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The Good:
It’s fun just to walk around and try to spot the hidden patches of graffiti art.
The Bad:
Some of it really just involved someone spray paining their name ever so plainly. Maybe that’s a statement in itself?
The Weird:
Suicidal graffiti art? Yup, it’s there.
