What is the link between graffiti art and sustainable tourism?
Using spray paint has a pretty bad impact on the environment and an artist’s health (this is why they wear masks). This negative impact is made worse if they leave their empty cans in the streets (do they?). Should we ask the more conventional and established artists if they use organic or natural paint? I don’t think so. Maybe these guys can be challenged to work on biodegradable wall graffiti so that the municipality won’t use an extra layer of paint to cover the graffiti or toxic solvents to wash the walls. But consider for now the social and cultural aspects. Graffiti on public property and spaces is illegal and is considered as an act of vandalism. But we can also consider that it contributes to the changing of the public’s level of awareness, its vision and the appropriation of urban space. It can also revive abandoned places and bring colour and humour to some ugly-dirty-grey-cold-and-sad concrete walls. It can give birth to an artistic conscience or sensitivity amongst KL urban
