This amazing video is being shared on Arrested Motion, and tells another portion of the story, Here Comes The Neighborhood (HCTN), through the voice and images of Martha Cooper, a photographer who has captured street art and graffiti since the 1970’s. This docuseries talks about the role that public art has on revitalizing urban communities. What was once a hated form of expression is now becoming a new way of creating that is having another unexpected side effect of bringing beauty into dismal cityscapes.
This particular video follows the artists who participate in the Wynwood Walls, the pilot season for HCTN. Follow the project, Here Comes The Neighborhood, as it travels and grows past its pilot season. This should become a historical record of street art and graffiti. What a valuable way to capture transitory art pieces for posterity. It’ll live much longer than the buildings on which they’ve been painted.
