street level artists

SASTER: STREETS ARE SAYING THINGS

So I saw this site some months back and, like the smell of ultra flat black, I've found it quite addictive. It's a site where they post pictures of graffiti (mainly New York City) and anybody that registers can comment on any of the works shown. The comments range from insightful and well thought out, to childish and borderline incoherent. The work that is shown varies from old school pics to the newest of the new(legal and illegal). When hanging with my crew we would bomb on other people's work, talking smack and making up new slang in the process; comments on saster are much of the same.
From people posting pretending to be writers that they are not, to anonymous posters(that get no love), to the actual writers chiming in, there is no lack of shit-talking. The comments range from mother jokes, to homophobic rantings to actual insightful thoughts on the work at hand.
Hopefully interested writers can learn some history here, though it may get lost in the he said/ she said politics of the site and you never know who or what to believe as almost every comment is disputed and (diss)ect(ed). With that said, checking out this site is a must if you're interested in what's going on in the graff world in NYC right now. I love that they post pictures of tags, as that is writing in its basic essence and everything revolves around a good handstyle. Anyway, that's enough from me, check them out here to see for yourself.

Labels: graffiti, nyc, sast, saster, sla

posted by styles ultd @ 12:48 PM