In the chaotic and fast experience of urban living, we may fail to look carefully to our surroundings. Creativity is certainly all around and proof of this is the overwhelming amount of inner city art.
A New York based, Wooster Collective website, funded in 2001, allows users to look at street art and graffiti from Bangkok to Madrid, without having to leave home. It also contains updated events, books and bars listings. All the pictures and comments are posted by artists or anyone who finds something eye-catching on the streets. The site is not comercial, rather it aims exclusively to be a space for sharing and showcasing art from all over the world.
In going through the site today, I found it interesting to see how people express themselves in different ways. Today’s homepage page, for instance, features an artists from Prague, Australia and Barcelona who all use different colours, materials and shapes in their art- highlighting that cities affect people’s creativity and the way they perceive the world.
Other exciting places to look for street art and graffiti are www.graffiti.org and www.ekosystem.org.