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Graffiti culture - criminal activity or artistic expression?

Graffiti culture has earned a bad reputation over the years. In this talk, Brian shares the backstory of how this culture came to be, and how it has evolved from being a means for gangsters to resolve conflicts to becoming a legal art form that revives cities.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxBangsar, an independent event.

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Graffiti culture has earned a bad reputation over the years. In this talk, Brian shares the backstory of how this culture came to be, and how it has evolved from being a means for gangsters to resolve conflicts to becoming a legal art form that revives cities.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxBangsar, an independent event.

Read more about TEDx.

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