Script (group)
Interview conducted in London (Southbank)
Vicky: do you like graffiti?
Americans: yes I do like graffiti if it’s the right place, for example Southbank, but I don’t like seeing it all over the streets because then it’s not art, its crime.
Vicky: do you see graffiti as art of crime?
Americans: we see graffiti as art when it’s in places such as Southbank and areas that are legal to graffiti because then you have time to work on your piece and actually make it art were as on the streets when it’s someone’s tag it looks messy and then it’s a crime.
Vicky: do you have much graffiti in America?
Americans: graffiti in the area in which we live in America is nothing compared to the graffiti in London that we’ve seen on our trip- the graffiti is much different (points at a piece done) because it’s done well and taken a lot more time on these pieces.
Vicky: do you think going to prison over graffiti should happen?
Americans: I don’t think going to prison for mindless graffiti like small tags ECT should happen, but if a person has done a lot of damage through graffiti through criminal damage they should have a small prison sentence to put them off doing it again because they’d see that it’s not worth going to prison over art.
Vicky: from my point of view graffiti is an art form and it shouldn’t be frowned apon, what are your thoughts on this?
Americans: we see graffiti as an art too but in moderation, it shouldn’t just be put where ever they feel like it because they’d be effecting people and old buildings that are around the area of London, America is very difference in the sense of the age of buildings, London has very old building that people would be annoyed and think badly of if there was graffiti covering the buildings so graffiti is an art but in moderation.
Vicky: do you think there should be more places that you can legally graffiti such as Southbank and skate parks?
Americans: yes I do think that there should be more places like such as Southbank because if gives artists a place to graffiti and not have to worry about being arrested/fined for putting they’re art across.
Vicky: thank you for doing the interview and your time.