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Someone is trying to tell you something

In Berlin, Communication, Graffiti, Language, Screens on 21 November 2007 with 1 comment

http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=2270&handle=li

Someone is trying to tell you something: written on the city.

Language in Common posts snippets of conversation found on urban screens. Is most graffiti in English? I remember riding around Berlin and seeing a disproportionate amount of graffiti written in English. Maybe English looks better scrawled across a brick wall and German looks better in illuminated manuscripts.

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i’ve had the same thought about graffiti while travelling in europe

it seems to be more prevelant in cities over there than in many in the u.s. these days but it seems to be almost wholy in english…

Posted by jacob on 28 November 2007 @ 5pm

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