#walkavid

Graffiti and other tags are layered over extant work as a way to show age. By weathering lower layers, with newer, “fresher” layers on top, I could add to the history of the scene. For example, I took a stiff stippling brush and wore away sections of the green background from the Robin Hood mural.

In this case, I wanted to use a “Massive minion, smaller superior” kind of relationship to  highlight the imbalance in power in this situation.

Soloist takes her paint to a mural of a snake, a symbol of the gang’s influence in her area. Overwriting it with her own mark, she declares, “You have no power here.”