21st Century Graffiti Dialog

Abstract

Case studies with photos from 2012-2016 police and court reports tracked Dallas, Texas metropolitan area transit graffiti incidents. Comprised of primarily strings of Roman alphabet letters resulting in incoherency, graffiti engaged with and resulted in various law enforcement responses. These art forms were compared with global graffiti interpretations ranging from anti-language to multiculturalism. Graffiti writers set up dialog with society.