No Free Walls | Street Art & Gentrification Collide in Bushwick

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  • @amenophisiv6904
    @amenophisiv6904 8 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    Dude crying for his mom was real, made reflect on family and shit.

  • @Juggernautss_
    @Juggernautss_ 8 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    Use a fire extinguisher to paint over them ads.

    • @Inkulabi
      @Inkulabi 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      burn em

    • @krampussbe
      @krampussbe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      montana ultra wide cans if you dont got an extinguisher

    • @kristianafaga2149
      @kristianafaga2149 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@krampussbeMTN Madmaxxx

    • @krampussbe
      @krampussbe 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kristianafaga2149 pretty much same thing as an ultra wide. i like the mad maxxx better tbh

    • @kristianafaga2149
      @kristianafaga2149 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@krampussbe madmaxxx is basically a extinguisher

  • @greenleafgoblin
    @greenleafgoblin 8 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    i woulda bombed the ads lol

  • @one_nation_fanwear
    @one_nation_fanwear 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Good to see my man Bishop @10:28 in this video. In the late 90’s I would couch surf at my friends spots in Bushwick / Flatbush writing graff and hitting underground hip hop / hardcore shows. It was dope to watch those neighborhoods evolve with the art / street culture. I miss those days. S/O to Stark & Bisc.

  • @amenophisiv6904
    @amenophisiv6904 8 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    Damn, where the reckless teenagers at when you need them, I would have probably painted over all their ads if I was younger. Every time, just out of spite.

    • @hansolodolo92
      @hansolodolo92 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      hell yeah, i miss writing

    • @jamesparkerone
      @jamesparkerone 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Amenophis IV too right. Destroy them adds

    • @oneilmabile5618
      @oneilmabile5618 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      haha thats what i just said

    • @jimdor8353
      @jimdor8353 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      there sipping coffees and wearing tight jeans

    • @briboggs5805
      @briboggs5805 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Or maybe they're** in school learning correct grammar

  • @godessofwrath
    @godessofwrath 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This was awesome and I am glad they covered the displacement of the longstanding community members. I hope that people are not kicked out of their community due to the increase in rent. Keep Fighting the Good fight BUSHWICK !!!

  • @systemdown6220
    @systemdown6220 8 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    Complex doing Docs now had me thinking this was a VICE video

  • @joaquintapia8227
    @joaquintapia8227 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    love watching these documentaries, so interesting !

  • @1kalmer
    @1kalmer 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The advertising guy seemed cool then near the end he got so disrespectful, shows how much of an act he was putting up. They should fuck the ads up, that is the true nature of being a writer and the ad companies would stop wasting money if they were being fucked up every day. They go over you, you go over them it is very simple.

  • @hatednyc
    @hatednyc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    As a fellow Bushwick native, born and raised, it’s a total source of pride.

  • @cherrypop555
    @cherrypop555 7 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Graffiti has evolved in many different directions- especially in the last 5 years. a focus on tradition, the deconstructive and rudimentary, influences from contemporary art, the obvious complexity of evolving trends in lettering. If you want an accessible example seek out Revok's latest contemporary work vs what he is known for. The reason artists outside of graffiti choose to follow this trend of stealing from the essence of graffiti yet not take the risk, and mostly do characters, patterns, minimalism, objects, animals, etc is the same reason as the ad campaigns. it still blows my mind that people would rather paint a cartoon pixar looking monkey rather than try to understand the history of graffiti and focus their energy and time into the practice of the real thing. Because when this trend of "street" "art" is over, when all these basic fools and rich tourists find something new to be voyeuristic yet safe experiencing, and that brand of liquor isnt mentioned by a dated rapper and falls off.. tagging will still be there, and tags are what will be directly on top of all this bullshit.

    • @datitsdapussy4283
      @datitsdapussy4283 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kinda true kinda falls graffiti over street art though graffiti is the pure foundation and non profit

    • @mattpruitt5017
      @mattpruitt5017 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Extremely well said and true. I’m watching the same shit happen over here on the west coast in Oakland. People aren’t giving in as easy and it’s pretty common to see advertisement bullshit get beat into the ground with throw ups and handstyles. No matter where they put them.

    • @DeKay1471
      @DeKay1471 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mattpruitt5017 same shit where I live in the UK, they are cutting back every public service, but the buff continues.

    • @PhilGillisDoctor
      @PhilGillisDoctor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Forreal. These walls tell a story around the hoods of who’s getting up and what’s going on in the neighborhood, constantly getting buffed and you see who’s really active hitting spots, then you got these guys that come and paint a giant mural on that wall, and it’s left to sit never to be tagged again. Fuck that shit

    • @acex222
      @acex222 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DeKay1471 The buff doesnt just continue, now it's on the spot £1,200 fines from the fascists we call the conservative party

  • @agostocobain2729
    @agostocobain2729 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Dude let's give it up to Joe for real for real...

  • @michaelturner4290
    @michaelturner4290 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just found this video and saw it for the first time because I looked into Art Gentrification after visiting Wynwood Miami arts district that had a lot of art 15 years ago 10 years ago even a few years ago but 2022 is mainly apparel, sneaker and sunglasses in spaces artists cleaned up back when no one wanted to even go there. The area looks nice but none of the artists can afford the rent.

  • @misaelortega6862
    @misaelortega6862 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That first add at 11:38 was well placed lol

  • @folahanadelakun7188
    @folahanadelakun7188 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I love this guy's energy

  • @ItalianIrishguy
    @ItalianIrishguy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great documentary! I hope the community stays true to its roots and they kick out those advertisers!

  • @genewagner4386
    @genewagner4386 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this is why you need to paint on removable surfaces. Like taking prepped plywood and paint on it then attach it to the area so you can keep moving it. then just place it right over the advertisers .

  • @we2mod
    @we2mod 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Finally something dope from Complex

  • @Marcos-xo8nc
    @Marcos-xo8nc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Meanwhile while I try this in my city I get charged for defacing property yeah Ight

  • @fiercekoolaid7711
    @fiercekoolaid7711 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i live in Philly and every block whether its the hood or center city has a mural and a city like new york should have a program like ours

  • @chong3201
    @chong3201 8 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    street art is to graffiti as mumble rap is to lyrical rap

    • @gonzomax7
      @gonzomax7 8 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      i always say:
      street is to graffiti what iggy azalea is to the rap game
      watered down, exploitative, and fake

    • @caillou7552
      @caillou7552 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I love the comments asking for graff artists to paint over ads. Lol real graff artists wouls be way more disrespected by free walls then ads

    • @justinsheridan6698
      @justinsheridan6698 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Street art is fake as fuck

    • @seiner0ne
      @seiner0ne 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@caillou7552 i write and would love more legal walls.

  • @100mphFastball
    @100mphFastball 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The rapper Bushwick Bill even though he's not from Bushwick makes Bushwick respectable because Bushwick Bill is scary.

    • @gdupkwin9676
      @gdupkwin9676 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He is from BUSHWICK his name is rich i used to see him all the time

  • @PolycultureArt
    @PolycultureArt หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome, this is what documentaries are for. A well considered, wholistic take on a contentious issue. I know where I’m going if I ever make it to NY. Good on you Bushwick collective for make the world a prettier place..

  • @KIMSHIUHN
    @KIMSHIUHN 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    it really makes me rethink about the way of overcoming gentrification and other money problems.

  • @charliewingate3x
    @charliewingate3x 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Listen to Gentrify my hood - your old Droog .. I'm from Flatbush BK and I see the huge change gentrification is bringing

  • @angelicalaflame8413
    @angelicalaflame8413 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Yo complex this the kind of real I want to see, true to the streets that our subculture comes from.
    Hot 🔥🔥🔥of truth. W.

  • @lmocreativetribe
    @lmocreativetribe 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good doc complex!

  • @ernestdagrosaart
    @ernestdagrosaart 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I grew up in the Bronx in the 80's, and while where I lived in Pelham Parkway was good, if you drove down the Cross Bronx Expressway to the GWB all you saw was burnt out buildings and slums.

  • @VanillaGorilla7
    @VanillaGorilla7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    LONG LIVE THE BUSHWICK COLLECTIVE AND JOE🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

  • @turbangraffiti2204
    @turbangraffiti2204 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great documentary! I thought I feel exhausted editing my art stuff..^^ But thats realy hard work!

  • @JWFdocumentaries
    @JWFdocumentaries 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How did this not go viral?

  • @angelicalaflame8413
    @angelicalaflame8413 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is the story of every major city in America today

  • @kinimediagroup
    @kinimediagroup 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pretty dope docu!

  • @digiaotearoa5897
    @digiaotearoa5897 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    awesome film man

  • @chromecannon2536
    @chromecannon2536 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why not paint all the murals blank and make the advertisers pay to have them put back up. Could that work?

  • @lauw6999
    @lauw6999 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's not a piece that's a masterpiece

  • @tommmy8625
    @tommmy8625 8 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    How do I unsubscribe from Complex Hustle?

    • @SankofaNYC
      @SankofaNYC 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      LMAO!!!! That shit is hosted by like the Complex B squad

    • @chainsawteddybear
      @chainsawteddybear 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      you're a fucking idiot

  • @ZELONER495
    @ZELONER495 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome loved it ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @konyinsola12
    @konyinsola12 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    more complex documentaries pls

  • @owleystudios
    @owleystudios 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Right down my block. Very dope vid y'all.

  • @johnmcfarlane9647
    @johnmcfarlane9647 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anyone recognize the artist who did the 's' in 'Bushwick"@3:33?

    • @dillwill1813
      @dillwill1813 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think it was yer mom

  • @jaystewart3820
    @jaystewart3820 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is newton and the inner suburbs of Sydney used to be a lots of cool space to paint ext. now just full of rich hipsters.

  • @besoebesoe6822
    @besoebesoe6822 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This video is three years old wow it's still the same to

  • @aloguez87
    @aloguez87 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this is and still happening in logan square chicago

  • @flingstar1244
    @flingstar1244 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    how in the f- did they do the editing with those pictures, looking at old pictures with things moving, zooming in at things and looking around on the photos like they're videos, i wanna learn that!

  • @jordinhocharles
    @jordinhocharles 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Now they gotta paint over the ads... since they putting ads over the murals

  • @perfectjaffa
    @perfectjaffa 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice doc, big up Bushwick Art

  • @aime1graffiti818
    @aime1graffiti818 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    those ads need to be buffed

  • @vlim9606
    @vlim9606 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Dope af!

  • @Inkulabi
    @Inkulabi 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    hey if there is any space to paint please let me know

  • @bencoheed
    @bencoheed 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    very well made

  • @hydrobill
    @hydrobill 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent doc.

  • @BLAZENYCBLACKOPS
    @BLAZENYCBLACKOPS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lol, mami said “you had your gang bangs”, LMFAO, I know exactly what you’re trying to say but damn that was funny.

  • @conchezness335
    @conchezness335 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Joe is a cool dude. respect

  • @MrThefrederikhh
    @MrThefrederikhh 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    this is exactly like the 19th season of southpark!

  • @Wagmiman
    @Wagmiman 8 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Basically this is behind the scenes of the get down

  • @JsT.V.
    @JsT.V. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Graffiti artist should just diss the ads simple yo.

  • @JoelVanPatten
    @JoelVanPatten 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ads on Street Art TH-cam docs are ironic...

  • @epademk
    @epademk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    im suprised this dude isnt going around at night with an extinguisher of red , putting huge x's thru all the adverts...

  • @JakeZuidveen
    @JakeZuidveen 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    loved this..

  • @juliettedemaso7588
    @juliettedemaso7588 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The vultures don’t offer a truly collaborative agreement; not monetarily or otherwise. Progress at the hands of capitalist predators is not progress. It’s cannibalizing. The people who stayed at made it cool do not prosper; look at them. They should be the most well off; but they aren’t are they? “Everyone has to work together” always means sacrifice by the poor and working class and marginalized. Not the cozy.

  • @ef8535
    @ef8535 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love complex

  • @hairystyles4212
    @hairystyles4212 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is happening here in Detroit now too. It's getting bad. Fucking bird rental scooters everywhere in the road and shit all over

  • @adams731
    @adams731 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    gentrification is bs poor people Always has to leave at the end and then its just hip or ritch people left ! and not a hip Place anymore!!!

  • @karinlo87
    @karinlo87 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love it

  • @karld6550
    @karld6550 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing

  • @BUDBLOOOD
    @BUDBLOOOD 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good man starting the Art Project :) I hate advertising with a passion! I'm halfway through the doc, I hope it turns out well. Get rid of advertising. People before Profit! NOT profit before people. Piece by Peace or Piece by War. Destroy the advets!

    • @BUDBLOOOD
      @BUDBLOOOD 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      POWER TO THE PEOPLE

  • @justinhearst
    @justinhearst 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It's lit. statik selektah is in this

  • @Juggernautss_
    @Juggernautss_ 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Use a fire exinguisher to cover the ads in paint.

    • @forti8209
      @forti8209 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Upload think of what u said

  • @munozjonathan86
    @munozjonathan86 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dope lil documentary for the culture

  • @xyvxyethe5584
    @xyvxyethe5584 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    first company to choose hand paint as ads?? thats an arrogant statement, obviously this dude don't have research on advertisement from the 1920's - 1930's

  • @robinss2863
    @robinss2863 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    BUSHWICK REPRESENT

  • @keisi1574
    @keisi1574 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A man told his young son to dig a hole in which to plant a small tree. He told the boy to make it one foot deep and one foot wide. The old man left and came back to find the boy had dug a hole two feet deep and two feet wide. He asked the boy why he dug it twice as deep and wide as he was told. He said he thought if one foot was good then two feet seemed twice as good. His dad said "No. Digging a one foot hole was progress; digging a two foot hole was going too deep and too wide and would cause the sapling to be buried and die. It is possible to go beyond progress and instead waste time, energy and resources and...damage is occurring...which must be undone...for true healthy progress to occur."

  • @mattpruitt5017
    @mattpruitt5017 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Maaaannnn I’d go ham bombing the shit out of those advertisements

  • @CremedelaRay
    @CremedelaRay 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loved this

  • @fluffedsquirrel
    @fluffedsquirrel 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    They owe this guy so much more than just "throwing some bucks in, because he is broke"...... he saved the whole neighborhood for free and that's how they thank him?! Capitalism is such a sad & nasty thing.

  • @grief7827
    @grief7827 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    End credits instrumental?

    • @grief7827
      @grief7827 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanx.

  • @tylerdemmerle9816
    @tylerdemmerle9816 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is real Brooklyn shit bushwick represent

  • @thug4life440
    @thug4life440 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    *Rip Bushwick Bill*

  • @arielrr
    @arielrr 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I swear if my city turns into a giant ad... 😤😤😤

  • @jab7168
    @jab7168 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can i help you? I don't know, what services do you offer?

  • @Michaelarkangel
    @Michaelarkangel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Everybody should just paint over the advertisements

  • @steverl22
    @steverl22 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When you don't own the land then you don't have a say so! Y'all better learn this lesson, money talks.

  • @ramiroborges7359
    @ramiroborges7359 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    All these people complaining at advertising companies need to get a grip. The owners of those walls are the ones betraying the community

  • @deeznuts3455
    @deeznuts3455 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    10:50 OH my WADDDD.

  • @jenniferlevesque3433
    @jenniferlevesque3433 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sweet!

  • @BLAZENYCBLACKOPS
    @BLAZENYCBLACKOPS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    No love for StylezP, what’s up with that?

  • @--Paws--
    @--Paws-- 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:50 Is this why there are a lot of random fires lately?

  • @lauw6999
    @lauw6999 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just paint over the billboards fuck that shit

  • @fhfffhfhffffhfhfourt
    @fhfffhfhffffhfhfourt 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    thank you for blurring the ads! the world needs less of them.

  • @SankofaNYC
    @SankofaNYC 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What dude is saying 21:20 about gentrification is false... That is rarely how gentrification happens.... fact

  • @johnathan1737
    @johnathan1737 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    shoutout from bushwick

  • @cloud-seven
    @cloud-seven 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    13:00 Let them do it, then paint the fooker

  • @RCastillonaire
    @RCastillonaire 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nfs 4:40 really got me sad

  • @Chitchattrist
    @Chitchattrist 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Miami

  • @kerfuffle3891
    @kerfuffle3891 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    bomb the ads

  • @Kumbaya6991
    @Kumbaya6991 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    great place

  • @deeznuts3455
    @deeznuts3455 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    love this shit Comlex

  • @100mphFastball
    @100mphFastball 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm from the northeast side of Albuquerque and my neighborhood is about 6 full city blocks of trailers. And it's being totally gentrified by micro brew sipping yuppies. It's over.

  • @Chitchattrist
    @Chitchattrist 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Long beach