Urban canvas: skin and concrete

The transition from graffiti to tattoo

This concept refers to the transition of graffiti from the walls of the cities onto the skin of people. It talks about the evolution of tattoo due to influence of the graphical language of graffiti, among others, allowing people to appropriate it and wear it in more lively ways.

We live in graphical era, where icons of brands and media are constantly shaping our taste. They populate the cities and talk about the level of expression and marketing affluence, and therefore the economic moment a city is going through.

Photos:

http://www.fiveprime.org/ Spongebob by KAWS

http://www.hypebeast.com/ Marc Jacobs by Terry Richardson

Are we turning into living advertising? Or maybe just into our own canvas, where we reflect and reflex our ways to experience and live cities without being ignored, even if you are Marc Jacobs.