A BarCamp Canberra 2011 presentation, on 19th March 2011 at the Australian National University.

1. art or vandalism?
BarCampCanberra 2011
19th March 2011, ANU
@RuthEllison

4. Ugly graffiti in Milan by Jackie Kever, available under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs
2.0 Generic licence

5. van·dal·ism
1. deliberately mischievous or malicious
destruction or damage of property:
vandalism of public buildings.
2. willful or ignorant destruction of artistic or
literary treasures.
Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/vandalism

6. art
the quality, production, expression, or
realm, according to aesthetic principles, of
what is beautiful, appealing, or of more
than ordinary significance.
Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/art

7. WHIMSICAL

8. Banksy Girl Balloon by NeverLeaveLondon, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-
ShareAlike 2.0 Generic licence

9. IMG_0855 by Ruth Ellison, artist: Stormie Mills

10. FUNNY

11. Source: Ruth Ellison

12. http://swick.co.uk/index.php/2009/06/10-examples-of-funny-graffiti/

13. MAKING THE BORING
INTERESTING

14. Skipping Girl Graffiti by zoomar, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic licence

15. Sydney Street Art, robot by Ruth Ellison

16. Banksy by Klara Kim, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic licence

17. CLEVER USE OF SPACES

18. Peek-a-boo! Street Art, Fitzroy, Melbourne by Ruth Ellison

19. Banksy by Shayne Kaye available under a Creative Commons Attribution2.0 Generic licence Banksy by Greg Marshall, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-
NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic licence

20. Banksy Looters 29Sept08 by Infrogmation, available under a Creative Commons Attribution2.0
Generic licence

21. POLITICAL MESSAGES

22. Crayon boy by Banksy, http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/outusa/horizontal_1.htm

23. West Bank

24. Source: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FLs7qz-WGnA/THOLwBi_0hI/AAAAAAAACsE/FYurw_Ya6SQ/s1600/banksy+hole.jpg

25. Source: http://mishunderstanding.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/banksy-431.jpg

26. http://totallycoolpix.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/14122010_banksy/banksy_13.jpg

27. I love
Range & styles of expression
Depth of meaning
Fleeting, transient
Layers upon layers upon layers....

28. art or vandalism?

29. More?
Check out my street art collection
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laruth/collections/72157624131868283/
Canberra graffiti artists – E.L.K., Bryd

30. Ruth Ellison
Email: me@ruthellison.com
Web: www.ruthellison.com
@RuthEllison
Find this presentation at www.slideshare.net/ruthellison
Image sources: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vernhart/1574355646/ , http://randaclay.com/freebies/free-twitter-graphics/