The thing that I noticed the most in the documentary is that the artist's style really matched the message that they were trying to tell. So Space Invader used an 8-bit style to symbolize that we're being invaded by technology. The other artists used stencils and repetition to show that they can make an icon. For our art piece we're going to use the style of Chris Jordan, and we're trying to show the same message as him. We're trying to show that all of this waste is so monumental, that it's eventually going to create something else. We're trying to show this message through a lot of Styrofoam making three elephants.
The thing that really amazed me about these artist's work is that even though there is a lot of risk with what they do, they do it anyway to express their creativity. For them there may not be anything else that they can turn to, or it's the only way that they can think to express their creativity. It's really awesome that they go through so much risk just to express themselves. The other thing that really amazed me about these artists is that they are really a community. Space Invader will work with Banksy, and so on. It's very cool to see that these artists are more organized than other's would think.
These artists choose to go to street art so they can convey their message in a more public way. Shepard Faery used street art so he could convey the message of "OBEY". He wouldn't haven't been able to get it to the public status that it has if it was stuck in an art exhibit. He had to use repetition and using the same stencil to make it seem organized and a like a "thing", so it would catch on. Space Invader had to put his art on the street and all over to make it have an invasion feel. Every artist has a way that they want to show their art, but I think that street artists are the most creative.
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