Forecast Public Art reviews BOMB IT –

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“For all of you who haven’t seen the film BOMB IT yet, go check it out! One of the most comprehensive films about graffiti and streetart culture ever made in the United States. As some of you know Booyabase contributed a little something to the movie. By now the producers of the documentary are getting ready to launch the international dvd-edition (for more info check the site www.bombit-themovie.com).”

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The Jon Reiss directed documentary Bomb It traces the global, urban geography and history of modern graffiti culture, moving eastward from Philadelphia and touching down in locations like Barcelona, Cape Town, and São Paulo before ending up in Los Angeles. The film’s tagline, “Street Art is Revolution”, aptly sums up the film’s message, but the simplicity of that slogan belies the documentary’s nuanced and thoughtful treatment of its subject.

Those who aren’t sure what to think about graffiti will undoubtedly have their eyes opened by the way the film grounds its subject in the concrete and everyday aspects of life in the world’s cities, and the way in which graffiti is taken seriously as both art and politics.

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Bomb It is not just another graf-flick. It brings you back to day one, then up to the wild styles of tomorrow—from the streets of Philly to the rise and fall of NYC trains, to some real gangster shit in Los Angeles.. Doing the story honorable justice, director Jonathan Reiss explores the expression of ups through different cultures and nations. Interviews with the artists tell the story in the words of the writers themselves—including the legendary Zephyr, the teacher KRS-One and the king of the Bronx himself, Cope2. Traveling the globe, it gives you a taste of many styles: Writers paint on trains and walls for political reasons, or to just plain wreck shit. One thing is for sure—after watching this, you’re gonna want to write on something.

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