EXPOSITORY TEXT - GRAFFITI - GROUP 8

EXPOSITORY TEXT - GRAFFITI - GROUP 7 - ENGLISH - X8

GRAFFITI: a Thin Line Between Art and Vandalism

          Nowadays, many major cities around the world begin to change their attitude with street graffiti artists and set aside some public space for their freedom of creation. Thus, many high-value creative graffiti artworks have been created, attracting local people and tourists, and becoming a collectible object of many art lovers. Although some people feel graffiti is the art, it should be controlled because it is defacing other people’s property, it is too expensive for graffiti removal, and it has a negative influence for children.

      The graffiti should be controlled because it is the cause to destroy another property. Graffiti appeared in Vietnam in the 2000s and gradually became a trend among Vietnamese youths, the paintings gradually appeared in public places without permission so the graffiti school ‘squeezed leg on the neck ‘that run is common.

           In fact, in many cities around the world, graffiti is epidemic, and it is difficult to control it’s cost a lot money for remove the graffiti. Every year, big cities such as New York, London, Chicago spend millions of dollars to erase the painless paintings and to hire more security personnel to build buildings. In many countries, drawing graffiti on public transport is considered a violation of law, and the perpetrator is subjected to a great deal of penalties, as this behavior causes great physical and mental damage. In the United States, every year the carriers spend 15 to 18 million dollars to find, erase, and repair the consequences of graffiti in discriminately.

       In conclusion, some people think graffiti is art, but this is not the truth and graffiti should be controlled because it is destroys other people’s property, it costs a lot of money for remove them, and it has a negative influence on children. It can be said, for graffiti, the line between art work and ‘vandalism’ is quite fragile. It is important that this line is heavily dependent on the artist.

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TEAM 8

Athaya Zahir Firdaus (5)

Fazli Altaf Alghani (15)

Hilal Syafa Muzaki (17)

Muhammad Healfansyah (27)

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Question for Team 1 :

A. True or False

1. Graffiti can be artistic expression. [T/F]

2. Graffiti has no power to bring vibrancy and diversity to our environment. [T/F]

3. Graffiti always be a vandalism [T/F]

B. Essay

1. Can you give your perspective about graffiti? Is it vandalism or art?

2. If you are the government, are you will prohibited graffiti in the city?

3. In your opinion, in 2045, Indonesia will have the "Gold Generation" era. Is it true if graffiti will affect to Indonesia in 2045?

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Question from Team 7 :

1. What is the current attitude of many major cities towards street graffiti artists?

2. How have high-value creative graffiti artworks affected local people and tourists?

3. What are some reasons why some people believe graffiti should be controlled?

4. How does graffiti affect the property of others?

5. What are the financial implications of graffiti removal in major cities?

6. How does graffiti impact children and why is it considered to have a negative influence on them?

Answer from Us (Team 8) :

1. The current attitude of many major cities toward street graffiti artist begin to change their attitude with street graffiti artists and set aside some public space for their freedom of creation.

2. High-value creative graffiti artworks affected local people and tourists because it is can be the place to express yourself, "high-value" mean is the graffiti that have deep meaning about something that can be relateable to our life. Beside that, it is also becoming a collectible object of many art lovers.

3. The reasons if some people believe graffiti should be controlled are because it is defacing other people’s property, it is too expensive for graffiti removal, and it has a negative influence for children. Beside that, it is the cause to destroy another property. Graffiti appeared in Vietnam in the 2000s and gradually became a trend among Vietnamese youths, the paintings gradually appeared in public places without permission so the graffiti school ‘squeezed leg on the neck ‘that run is common.

4. The affect of graffiti to the property of others is we can find it from the 2 sides. Graffiti can be the art, but it should be controlled because it is defacing other people’s property, it is too expensive for graffiti removal, and it has a negative influence for children. If we ask permission to the owner of the property, graffiti can be the art. But, else if we never ask permission to the owner, graffiti will become a same thing as a vandalism.

5. The financial implications of graffiti removal in major cities, example in major cities In the United States, every year the carriers spend 15 to 18 million dollars to find, erase, and repair the consequences of graffiti in discriminately. In fact, in many cities around the world, graffiti is epidemic, and it is difficult to control it’s cost a lot money for remove the graffiti. Every year, big cities such as New York, London, Chicago spend millions of dollars to erase the painless paintings and to hire more security personnel to build buildings.

6. Considered from negative influence, graffiti give bad impact to children because if Graffiti as vandalism is considered to have a bad influence on children because it has elements that are inappropriate for them, such as elements of violence, crime, pornography, etc.