Graffiti: the Forbiden Game
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- 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
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
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
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.
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.
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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...
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
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 😬
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.
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
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
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!
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
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
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
"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
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
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
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 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.
"I don't wanna pick him up at the police station again"
"don't worry, this will be the last time" I'm dying😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻
RIP oppi the homie who touched the live train rail...):
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.
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
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
Rizot tag on the electrical box 14:16 lol makes me recognize a lot of random taggers in the uk
Lol
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
the commentary lol like reading a childrens book
haha.
LMAO
It was actually annoying to hear him talk
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
Parents big snitch
38:00 And moments before Sier actually stood there, unbelivable.
18:05 is dudes Eyes Dilated AF!? Or what?
This is one of the best docus that I watched in the last months!
"that's enough for 2 graffiti's" bruuuh im fuckin dying
25:20 NEVER TAG NEAR YOUR HOUSE
Man this is a great documentary
“But [the sign] belongs to the Metro”
“Yeah, well, the Metro belongs to the graffitists.”
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
From the thumbnail I thought it was a horror movie lmao
Just Mintz samee
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
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.
These cops using their sirens and blowing thru red lights to catch a terrorist??!!?? No just a graffiti writer. Lol.
Rip opea!
Paris is a sick City for Graff
Rip Opea
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.
Interesting to look how some places have a lot more graffiti than others
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.
"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....😶
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
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.
Respect to hermes what a legend lmao
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
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
GRAFFITI IS ART
Some of the way this don says stuff cracks me up 😂
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.
damn hermez is a graffiti commando lmao
He is a beast. When i lived in Paris back in 2006 he was everywhere!!!
This is my favourite graffiti documentary out now
Watch Jisoe
He has agreed to introduce his gang????
HE DID NOT JUST CALL THEM A GANG
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.
hermes for the win lol
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 :^)
"A final touch to blind the cctv camera" well shit don't you think ya should have did that before they seen your face? 😬😂😂
the person filming hermes needs a raise
Fr, he was so dedicated
The camera man deserves a raise
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!
Stop talking shite
BANGER video!
I loved every minute of this documentary
Literally a task force to go undercover and arrest graffiti artists what the fuck is wrong with people
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
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.
That Live rail one of their biggest risks, Stepping so close 😰😅😬
*Wow I was Right.
A graphic artist and two lawyers. That's dope.
That's dumb
@@mariemyers6747 I can tell you from experience, a good lawyer is worth their weight in gold.
@@lewisone A good lawyer, yes. A law student that tags at night, no. A complete conflict of interest.
@@mariemyers6747 I would not assume that any lawyer has the ethics or morals to not break the laws given what he does for a living, lol.
@@lewisone I concur but one would like to THINK that when one studies and becomes well versed in law and order, they would respect and honor it. So I guess we can say these 2 hoodlums are solidifying their future as corrupt attorneys. It's like anything, it's about choices. A young law student can decide to represent victims of injustice or represent criminals. An artist can decide to share their artwork and expression in a more auspicious setting without hiding their identity, risking their lives while attempting to deface the canvas they have trespassed upon. It doesn't make any sense. If they are so "passionate" about this particular "art form" why hide? Do something more proactive and positive about it. It's such a cowardly approach at expressing oneself.
I love how he calls them graffitist
Graffiti is art
Robert Waghorn True
Nope. It’s defacing public property.
42:13 NO, graff didnt START as a protest movement for youngsters! It started with a man named Taki183 in nyc who made the first tags the protest movement came after that.
It wasn’t started by taki183
@@zombie4skin28 yes it was
@@johnmaker7577 eh it’s debatable between cornbread, taki, julio or Mexicans from cali
Who cares. It needs to be finished. So unsightly to look at.
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
If people are wondering why people are commenting "Rip King Robbo" when it suppsedly has nothing to do with the french graff sceen, its because banksy stole a french artist named black(i think thats how its spelled)s art and sprayed it in the uk. He is a robber not an artist. Also we are 99.9% sure he killed robbo because he was found dead on the street with brain damage/beaten skull a few days after robbo made his move getting payback to banksy when he went over robbos first ever piece, on a canal
Banksy didnt kill robbo mate wtf are u on😂
i don't know who did the voiceover but i'd prefer subtitles because he's putting a lot of his own inflection into the words. i mean it might just be how he speaks. also he calls them young men then he calls the woman a young girl, people say that a lot but it rubs me the wrong way
flower edit triggered feminazi
i just said it rubbed me the wrong way. it would be weird if people called a grown man a boy
I agree thats why I couldn't watch it voice with no understanding.
@@trollpolice Feminazi? You're a childish little boy, living in your parents basement, I bet.
flower its chick or dude no matter the age...
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...
My favorite video ever on graffiti
Watch piece by piece san Francisco bay areas graffiti doc
“Anti tag brigade” what a bunch of no lifes
17:36 I find it so funny that two of them are law students LMAO
"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.
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?
One day I hope I'll find an city with lots of graffiti artwork on the walls and Subway carts. Graffiti is the most beautiful thing in art.
Oakland, Calif should impress you 🙄
@@mariemyers6747 indeed, its a beautiful city
@@tandy1029 The redwoods ARE stunning, the lake in the center of town is an unexpected surprise and the numerous murals (all LEGALLY painted in the light of day) are impressive. Sadly the area is LITTERED with so much graffiti now. My hardworking grandparents (born, raised and worked their arses off to build that city) would be disgusted by all the unsightly & often illegible graffiti. If its SOOOO beautiful, STOP hiding/sneaking about when vandalizing structures with spray paint.
@@mariemyers6747 Legal murals suck. They always have the same uninspired corporate look of gentrification. They're usually the equivalent of "live laugh love" with some butterflies thrown around it. Straight trash. The real illegal graffiti is the only aesthetically pleasing thing about Oakland.
Italy, spain, portugal etc
makes up his own marker pens in his kitchen then proceeds to spill it all over the place... fuckin hell got a bright one here haven't we
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.
if graffiti makes you mad, good... you were never meant to get it.
Dope documentary, incredible shoots
That Scarface train looked like something from the 80’s
Why do people think graffiti is such a huge crime, like you're literally writing on a MF wall like paint over and it's done with
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 !!
Man!! @29:30... That evidence file by the metro.... Thats one serious file.
I got popped a month or two ago and they had a similar book. Fortunately it wasnt tens of thousands in damage
StuArtThat30 Atgmail Just means you ain’t bombin enough. 🍺
StuArtThat30 Atgmail got popped 3 weeks ago bro in Chicago. gotta lay Low this winter
Step your game up then my boy.
@@cntrlalltdlt did you get a record ?
@@cookiee45007 yeah dude I paid a lawyer,1g.. got hit with a misdemeanor etc
Rip to the young man this is the best documentary❤💥
So the plice waists resources on sprayers instead of working on human treficking, well done police
Bruh like me tell u something, the police and government dont care about human trafficking cause they dont care about poeple they only care about making money and being greedy fatass's
@@danika.a.d They are the ones facilitating the trafficking.🐷
@Rollo Larson 😄 Taxpayers are the ones enabling it.
In years to come this art will be studied, just as ancient graffitti is today - i will tell a story in history
This was really well done. Thanks for the upload
Damn the fact that dude died at such a young age is crazy