Graffiti: the Forbiden Game
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- čas přidán 24. 02. 2018
- It's everywhere, of every size and every color, on the walls of buildings, along railway tracks, on subway cars and even inside tunnels that seem inaccessible. Graffiti is taking over the cities. Some regard it as aggression, others as a form of artistic expression. But who are the graffiti artists? At night, they scale buildings, sneak into subway tunnels. Secretly, they're taking over the city. You never see them; they hide! For several months, they agreed to let our cameras follow them. An investigation into a new urban guerilla war, a journey into the heart of a strange tribe. -
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Graffiti will never stop. Mankind has been putting images out for almost 40,000 years.. Perhaps even more. Creativity is a drug in and of itself. Big ups to those risking it!?$
Way more than that
Graffiti is the one thing left in this world that the big corporations and billionaires can't control. Thats why I love graffiti...
I like to write on other people shit.
@Duck Master the only cars i paint on are company's trucks.
Kristian Afaga 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
2 duckets I just love to get up in my community and where I've been... It's like my version of a dog pissing on every mail box. It's subtle, but its my mark.
@@GaugeBlast even tho a lot of writers don't feel that way i think graffiti is a great example of anti capitalism and freedom from government tiranny
Doing illegal graffiti is such an adrenaline rush. I had my go at it many moons ago .
@@SAG3X he did a small amount, auth dont hunt people that did a few tags, they hunt only big people.
Yeah brother, it’s half about getting your name out, but other half is the rush you get, it’s unexplainable!
Cool
Good times Right
I did it one summer 1984
It's strange being old and saying that 😂
@@SAG3X so
Where, how when no one knows
Nothing going to happen
@@asmodeusasteroth7137 But he still admits that he did.
The English voiceover guy is unintentionally hilarious..
13:22 " after this I'm going to have lunch ...." Lol
made me think of Alan Partridge
@ZionHillCalling fuck you.
@@mynamemeansflower4771 "graffiti art"?
please stop doing this. you watch anime and probably cant even do a proper bubble style throw up in your sketchbook.
you embarrassed yourself posting this comment, and you'll realize it when you really are into graffiti.
graffitirs
I find it interesting that people get so aggravated with graffiti and removing it but don't see the same correlation with advertising being absolutely everywhere. Id rather see interesting art instead of constant consumer culture propaganda.
Oh yes. I'm just as annoyed with all the advertising (billboards, flashing neon signs, business signs) so I moved to the country. Choices; why anyone would choose to risk their lives to defile property with graffiti and give their parents grief (full grown men stressing out their own parents) is beyond me.
FR like oh yeah i would loooove to look at a Sainsburys advert rather than sum cool throwies 🤦♀️
@@mariemyers6747 it's just fun and addicting
@@GabrielZ. Sure. That's what it's all about. YOU simply being amused by it. Who cares about vandalizing property, who cares about making a mess in a community that others attempt to take care of and take pride in. Spray that indistinguishable and indecipherable mess on your own things if it's so fun.
@@mariemyers6747 mate fuck up if you like like corperations shoving their stuff down your throat (probably not the first time ) then good for you but let people do their thing , if you dont like it dont look
Respect to the camera guys working through the metro tunnels, not easy holding a 2000s camera set up.
“They’re experienced graffitists”
Harry furball I’ve heard worse 😬
Kinda weird that two law students are doing something very illegal
TheStraightWhiteMaleAmI Read it's only illegal if u get cought.
joeyy dvsn I dont think this is how law works!
Super Eric Galaxy well sometimes u gotta break that fuken law..cops n government officials do it all the time
You would be surprised what the global elite is up to...
TheStraightWhiteMaleAmI Read O
They are called a crew, not a gang. Most people say graffiti writers or graff writers not graffitists. Graffiti writers simply call themselves writers. They aren't tagging the metro trains underground, they are painting them. A tag is simply like a signature usually on the inside of the trains. Graffiti on the outside of the trains are pieces, throwies / bombs / throw ups.
czcams.com/video/LnCr2In8JsI/video.html
Alright, calm down, graffiti nerd.
@@Juan-wo7zu Learn your stuff bitch boy.
really was searching for a comment saying that
@@Juan-wo7zu Well if they are making a documentary on graff culture they should at lease get the terminology right...
i love the ability to hear the artist whisper their name into your ear for a brief second no matter who or how old the piece is sometimes i feel like im meeting the person through their art!
I love how graffiti is such an accessible form of art. Most of the professional art world is gatekept by those who can afford the materials, lessons, and galleries. But with something as simple as a marker, some labels, and a wall; someone can display their personal art for the world to see without forcing others to pay to enter those galleries. Obviously, breaking the law isn’t great. But all artists should be allowed to create.
They should make more legal walls if they don't want more illegal graffiti. They complain about it, when the solution is right there. There are so many walls that are just sitting there with no purpose, that can be repurposed into a legal graffiti wall.
My G we always pay some way, art isn’t free, never ever. It’s an expression of freedom, but what we do 2 either grow supplies r buy supplies we still need food 2 eat which ain’t free, we still need supplies 4 the art which is either time and money + the thought process. Who’s gonna endure u 2 b true 👊 everything that is will always b as long as it’s truth u always seek 🙃
False. Breaking the law is great fun & financially rewarding!
@@KNOTTYBUDSno one really complains about. Most just think it’s fun because it’s illegal
@Ajaj197 nah, I'm saying the city complains about graffiti, but doesn't put up legal walls. Graffiti is way more fun when it's illegal. But more legal walls are gonna keep more people from painting the streets.
Dude. I gotta become a cop so i can do graffiti and pretend to investigate it.
Some dude actually did that lmao. Don’t remember the name tho
@@Sadboy-ec6or neo 50
thats 5th dimension shit right there
You’ll be like peter parker taking selfies of spiderman lol
Lol!
I wish their was more graffiti in my town i love it
Frylock Sanchez you should start tagging then
NATAZ then it’s up to you to spark the wave... it won’t pick up if the youth doesn’t see it in their day to day life. Small town tho, means a extreme level of discretion and remain hidden.
Get out there and get up!!! Be the spark in the scene. Practice before you start hitting prime spots so it looks good when you do get up.
I just got outta jail for institutional vandalism lol
@@sehnie they gave me 45 days in the county and a violation on my probation and tacked on two more years probation concurrent lol...fucking bullshit ...funny thing is all I did while I was in was tag shit.. retire my old tag...come up with a new one..and plot on writing on the police station I only been out a week and I'm already back at it fuck the police lolol
Simple... Do not clean the tags as they will never stop. You will buff them... They are there again !
P. CQC true because one day there will be no where left to tag
Buffing just means you give us a clean fresh surface :P
Or you can create a anti paint clear coat to prevent paint from sticking to the surface
And thats not true, gonna start painting over the other pieces and so on. Well its the same thing, just let it be because youre not getting rid of it. It looks good, stop hating on art.
@Sharif without graffiti to clean alot of those maintenance worker would be out of a job and my taxes pay their wages so if you look at it this way graffiti generates employment
I wish i kept up graffiti and skateboarding instead of drinking and getting fat and lazy and being a couch potato.
@@oss7215 same. i skate and do graffiti
You can get back on a board if you want to! I’d check out a video of you getting back on one after however long it’s been since you skated last
The only way you can get back into it is get up. Get some spraycans. And start again. It will be exhausting but you will be thankful when your tagging and bombing the place again.
You gotta make yourself get up and go! Get up!
Lmao fat skank
"tag vandal" i dont know why its so funny the way he says it
I know. Over the years, the mainstream media has always insisted on using the word "Tag", even when referring to full colour burners, and using the word "Artist", even when referring to writers who only tag. The narrator on this vid even refers to writers as "Graffitists".
oh well, who even really care what the mainstream media think at this point
This documentary must be old as fuck I saw an o’clock tag in the beginning he was up mostly around 1999 -05?
It first aired in 2007
Those police care so much about graffiti that actually looks good, Kind of a sad life they all live.
That's a awesome life they live! For me it's hard to meet a graffiti artist. Sadly
@@andrzejduda2706 dpends hella what time what day what place they are gonna do piece
@@andrzejduda2706 Same dude.
@Sharif or eating donuts
@Sharif or
Why even bother cleaning the graffitis, they are beautifuls and if you clean them you waste money and they will appear again soon
Where do you live....so i can write all over your shit.
@@jab7168 athens city. we are waiting wanker
@@mks6530 where the fuck is that...Mayberry? Have aunt bea bake a pie , i will see ya next week cupcake.
@@jab7168 Omg it is in greece and you are fucking idiot
He don't have the balls. Beta bitch
RIP oppi the homie who touched the live train rail...):
I love this documentary loads. I love the narrators voice. I was a kid in London in the 80s and we watched educational videos at school and the narrators always sounded like this. I feel I even recognize this guys voice. I love the way it seems to be an official voice talking about these rebel guys doing illegal graff.
God i want to be there in the future when an original carriage painted somewhere in the 90's gets auctioned for 180 billion dollars to somesort of weird art collector trillionaire.
APOLOS that will when nobody will want to do it anymore. The scene will be gentrified.
I want to live in that train imagen under the ground
That's def. Gona be a thing .
The railroad companies could have paid off their buffs if they kept a select few to sell lol
"I don't wanna pick him up at the police station again"
"don't worry, this will be the last time" I'm dying😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻
Rizot tag on the electrical box 14:16 lol makes me recognize a lot of random taggers in the uk
Lol
imagine your parents snitching on you ... #freesega :D
I’ve nearly had it done. Paranoid as Fuck. Then I stopped graffiti then started doing drugs then became homeless.
@@yoyoholck damn man, thank god i got out of drugs. got into graffiti, kinda the opposite of you. hopefully you make it out alive my man
@@dillonbmx16 I graffiti and do drugs hmmm lets fin dout were this takes me
@@schoonthegoon3874 it'll take you place you never imagined you would end up, it will turn you into someone you can't stand. It will take your life.
@@dillonbmx16 true
The Hermes guy seems very organized
that is what i thought
Hermes getting access to the engineer room was interesting and that map as well
Very organised, clean work! Back in 06 he was everywhere !!!
I mean if you know who the actual hermes is..you see why he’s sly like that my guy haha
Lucifer SkyWalker hermectica
I like how he refers to graffiti as “frescos” like some old Italian art
not hardly
the commentary lol like reading a childrens book
haha.
LMAO
It was actually annoying to hear him talk
18:05 is dudes Eyes Dilated AF!? Or what?
very true once you do it its like a drug you want more of it
There's No God you‘re funny xD
There's No God my man id let them paint my house. It’d be more unique
There's No God Taggers don’t tag houses, it’s one of the rules of graffiti
everything is like a drug but you have to learn how to use evrything in a healthy way
@There's No God nice bait
38:00 And moments before Sier actually stood there, unbelivable.
21:05 last picture of Opie, he gets electricuted when he bent down to pick up his camera , he was 21 years old...
Opea
There's No God Wtf
There's No God would it be fantastic if someone u loved die horrendously??
There's No God why is that
There's No God you obviously have issues
Sirens blaring driving across town.... FOR SOME GRAFFITI?
Same happened to me, did ONE throwup, someone called the cops and BAM. Three cop cars and a motor. Only had community service luckily. Was 13 at the time.
Parents big snitch
This is one of the best docus that I watched in the last months!
Man this is a great documentary
25:20 NEVER TAG NEAR YOUR HOUSE
"that's enough for 2 graffiti's" bruuuh im fuckin dying
Interesting to look how some places have a lot more graffiti than others
Respect to hermes what a legend lmao
Some of the way this don says stuff cracks me up 😂
That’s crazy, I’ve been writing Sier/Syer since 7th grade, over 20 years
There’s sier in Salt Lake City Utah too. He’s bos krew
Damn... 1995.... I wish I could go back to then...😕
is this film really from 1995? It doesn't look *that* old
No it's from 2005 I believe
1985 is more like the time for tagging.
@@kpjlflsknflksnflknsa it’s from 2005, Opea died in 2005.
From the thumbnail I thought it was a horror movie lmao
Just Mintz samee
Rip opea!
Yes let’s spend our time going after artiste who paint our trains instead of gang members or drug dealers.
They go after both bud
jorgeskatefast _ criminals* or how about muggers, drug dealers, car thefts, terrorists, psychos, white collar criminals.
Drugs are good
@@burntpercentage609 you can mug and steal rich peoples shit just don’t hurt them
@@burntpercentage609 psychos are not criminals they are mentally ill by not their choice and deserves help
hermes for the win lol
Some of the voiceovers on these programs are so funny.
I used to do a little bit of this on busses & in car parks. Probably mid 1980's. My brother did a big piece in a subway tunnel.
GRAFFITI IS ART
damn hermez is a graffiti commando lmao
He is a beast. When i lived in Paris back in 2006 he was everywhere!!!
Paris is a sick City for Graff
Rip Opea
Documentary uploaded in 2018... Has montana original hardcore cans from 2006
You could still get those mtn cans up till just a couple years ago
It was first broadcast in 2007 on French television, the original name of the documentary was something like Tags: La Guerre Souterraine.
i think you can see the blast from the past quite clearly.
P. CQC what you blind? Lookit the footage!
P. CQC so what lol. I’ve got some still.
At the end they showed that graffiti game. "You can buy this game anywhere... Except Australia" Fark, no wonder I haven't seen it anywhere.
Macs Trains marc eckos getting up- amazon.
@@KJAY2THOUSAND If i remember right it actually has some good pieces in it.
At 35:57 a black shadow speeds passed the dude in the power station. Could be something to tag about. Every time you touch that spray paint can Michaelangelo soul controls your hand.
DUB.R CHAPMAN no, its from the footage, like a scratch or something
....colors , blue and red, the beauty of the rainbow fills your head
29:14 they're so hypocritical. they say they hate graffiti but they have spray cans on the top shelf!
You do know spray cans are used for other things besides graffiti right .
Not all graff is with cans, you can use cans for other things
Free sega
#freemyniggasega
Free sega
#freemyniggasega
premierement Sega est un toy il s'est fait prendre car il a laisse des traces pointant vers chez ses parent puis se promene avec un sac qui porte son blaze partout puis 2emement ce documentaire date de facilement 7ans il a ete traduit en anglais d'un documentaire francais
Sega is a real idiot man ! Who the heck puts up a ton of tags leading up to your house ? If you do it, do it some where far away but not near your House. Yeah over it you also need to keep your face covered all time and go in the opposite way of which you came in, this avoids the chance of you being tracked. It's also extremely important to know the area you tag very well.
Dope documentary, incredible shoots
41:45 oneup crew tag
Not at all, it’s the name of a french graffiti artist called Oneup from the KO crew, he’s french, nothing to do with the 1up crew.
Ommggggggggg !!! This is a classic of graff in France !!!! Ive been looking for a good version for a while, hard to find this Doc with the voice over, thanx !!
Rip opes
Opea
my comment does not mater he will be missed
It's Opie...
@@floydisop6832 it's Opie...
@@bitchlasagna8232 lol no.
It’s crazy seeing the different perspectives between individual writers and whole grouped on graffiti, I know some writers that do it for the rush, some want to make quality art, but some do it for soul destruction
Or to heal the soul
That guy was right you do get addicted I did a couple marker tags and now I want to do more and more
ThaCHUBBmonster please don’t toy around
Fuck off
Gotta start somewhere
same i started a month ago
@@datitsdapussy4283 oh come on we all been there. Let em have fun while before they get into the real scene
crazy how the popular style of graff in most of europe is not wildstyle but some burner type bombs with a little bit of detail..
kinda depends on the country itself..you cant compare barcelona and berlin for example..kinda the same for Los angeles & New york i guess :^)
One of my favorite documentaries
"This is known as elevation in the graffiti world" think u mean getting up geez
stanley yelnats heaven spots.
"Getting Up" has nothing to do with climbing high. its just a general term for doing graff (tagging, bombing all of it) Duh...
DHM bruh, that's what I meant dipstick, the voiceover for this movie was clearly a shitty translation, can't believe I have to point this out. And of course I am aware of what getting up is, I didn't end up on this video by accident
ooo its a joke... pfffft
Hmmmm....😶
The commentary is top form
This is my favourite graffiti documentary out now
Watch Jisoe
I love how he calls them graffitist
This was really well done. Thanks for the upload
14:18 I spot a Rizot tag! :o
im4everskilled and?
@@mounironer6162 Rizote is a legend my guy
im4everskilled I got to know rizot in 1996, he doesn't know painting ... he's a kid from my place...
BANGER video!
I loved every minute of this documentary
He has agreed to introduce his gang????
HE DID NOT JUST CALL THEM A GANG
My favorite video ever on graffiti
Watch piece by piece san Francisco bay areas graffiti doc
"A final touch to blind the cctv camera" well shit don't you think ya should have did that before they seen your face? 😬😂😂
Inspiring to say the least mate thank you
Much love from Fresno CA!!!
These cops using their sirens and blowing thru red lights to catch a terrorist??!!?? No just a graffiti writer. Lol.
the person filming hermes needs a raise
Fr, he was so dedicated
I'm 49 and I started in 7th grade ..never stopped. It's abnormally high to arrest 6 taggers a month. The train key is dope
As long as people start seeing graff as art rather than just vandalism that's when we can finally create a large accepted community but the problem is nobody else will ever see it as we see it.
Don't discount other kinds of artists as also seeing it as art
Graffiti is what’s left of the old I like what the guy said “its not damage,it’s power”
Power? They're a bunch of cowards lurking about and hiding their faces.
That Live rail one of their biggest risks, Stepping so close 😰😅😬
*Wow I was Right.
Can't stop won't stop
There are actually programs and apps you can download to turn your cellphone screen to grayscale to help you engage with the world around you more. What this indicates is that color is attractive to the brain on a physiological level, influencing the chemicals in your brain that affect happiness and attention, and that grayscale is uninteresting on a physiological level. Things that quell brain activity are bad for your brain. When it comes to your brain power, it's a real "use it or lose it" type of scenario.
Most people never stop and think about their surroundings for long enough to even realize that living in uninteresting, anti-creative, thought-stifling grayscale neighborhoods made almost exclusively of various rectangles with the occasional triangle thrown in, is bad for your brain. The lack of color and the uniformity of shapes is detrimental and eventually oppressive and crushing to the psyche.
Color is stimulating to the brain from the moment you're born. Everyone knows that babies experience faster and more complete cognitive growth when they're presented with lots of colors and shapes to observe and experiment with from as early as possible. Depriving people of that cognitive stimulation is a legit type of psychological oppression that most people live with and even unknowingly support legislation about.
Have you ever seen some of the cities like Sao Paulo where they've essentially legalized graffiti? Huge swaths of the city are just brilliant art catching your eye in every direction. It's absolutely beautiful and truly uplifting. You never realize how oppressive it is to live in a city made almost purely of gray rectangles until you see a place with so much color and so many interesting curves and shapes and designs.
This is why I love graffiti. The rebellion for a goal that is-whether you know it or not-good for everyone's brains, despite the fact that most people have been tricked into supporting the law. It's like graffiti artists are The Rebels and the cops and greater society is The Empire.
Graffiti is art
Robert Waghorn True
Nope. It’s defacing public property.
Respect brothers👏🌶️ im proud of U
Pretty Dope Doc #Salute #Graffiti #Lovers *worldwide* 💯💪🏽💪🏽🔥🔥
Salute
Literally a task force to go undercover and arrest graffiti artists what the fuck is wrong with people
8:58 Damn, them some real playas bumping that R.Kelly "That's that shit!" Keep on doing y'all things players! Respect from the Southside of San Antonio,Tx! 210
My city! SA! ❤
This is nice work 👳 spray can city and its colourful landscape 🎦 sick film
Love the style
the commentary is too funny
Isaac Johnson “this is where I keep my SPRAYPAINT”.
"Students, a nurse and EVEN a graphic designer." Lol, not even a basic understanding of what writing is. It's like hearing Alan Partridge report about graff, whahaha.
17:36 I find it so funny that two of them are law students LMAO
In years to come this art will be studied, just as ancient graffitti is today - i will tell a story in history
It would be easier to understand If they took the original Voice away and just had the VoiceOver
u like graffiti but when they act creepy at night and climbing crawling ripping gates it reminds me of rats on the subway stations
I like
Thts the onlly way to get to the good spots g
@@kidnyce3773 u know u can edit your comment right?
“But [the sign] belongs to the Metro”
“Yeah, well, the Metro belongs to the graffitists.”
Need more graffiti around here it is ace!
They are creating jobs for the ones that paint and clean walls