GROUP 2

GROUP 2

Goodman, Becker, Braxton, Ciegil, Gibson

The UNDERGROUND Exhibit

The theme of the exhibit is “Underground.” We chose this because the ideas around the theorists we chose, Edbaur and Urbina, are usually secretive and private.

Passwords and graffiti have a mystery behind them. They have no limits- the creator can do whatever they please with them. Both passwords and graffiti typically are single words. They are also anonymous: graffiti is a public piece of work behind a secret artist and a password is a private form of security behind a username.

Some graffiti is signed with a “street name” that acts as a security behind the creator, kind of like a username does for a person’s real name.

ARTIFACT ONE.

This picture is a piece of graffiti that features the word scheme, however it is spelled incorrectly. This reinforces the limitless that lies with graffiti because there are no rules to it and is a complete freedom of expression.

ARTIFACT TWO.

This is a picture representing a password. Urbina theorizes that passwords are a form of everyday writing due to the every day use and personal/private connection that the keeper of the password has.

ARTIFACT THREE.

This is a picture of graffiti. This shows that graffiti doesn’t just have to be a word, but can be a symbol. It also proves that both passwords and graffiti are forms of expression