So why can they sell the street?

This is an amazing interview with Tom14 which illustrates the important link between street art and community. It speaks to the destruction of public space and street arts role in defying what many consider the inevitable “progression” of neighborhoods away from what community members consider their home. To interact with your environment is to stake claim to the ways in which it is used, and to renegotiate the power structure which determines its fate.

via: Public Ad Campaign