can street art survive modern capitalism?

Go to https://ground.news/olisunvia for a more open-minded and critical approach to the news you consume. Subscribe though my link for 40% off unlimited access. Governments were cracking down on street art everywhere.... until they realized they could make money off of it. Where does this leave street art and its artists today? I explore the street art scene in Toronto and some parts of Berlin to see how street art is navigating its changing culture. ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* i'd love to hear what you all have to say *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 3:40 Part 1: F*ck the police 38:42 Part 2: Do you have space for me? 47:11 Part 3: What is the future of street art? ★・・・・・★・・・・・★ socials: ,, instagram: @olisunvia ,, spotify: liv sun FOR BUSINESS INQUIRIES: [email protected] ★・・・・・★・・・・・★ CREDITS: Directed by Angelina Zahajko AD 1: Johnny Tsatsos AD 2: Alexandra Luz Executive Produced by Olivia Sun Produced by Angelina Zahajko Written by Olivia Sun Editors: Augustin Lsr & Maxime Le Breton Director of Photography: Sean Pinder AC/Key Grip: Kinah Lambie Best Boy: Stephen Owusu Set Photographer: Jada Wallace SPECIAL THANKS TO THE INTERVIEWEES: Jieun (June) Kim: IG @junekima.rt John Nobrega: IG @john.nobrega ROAM/Nick: IG @roam_t.o Kevin Barrett: https://kmclt.ca/About Kim's Hair Salon STARRING: Olivia Sun Kinah Lambie Rami Huijbregt Georgia Kelly Johnny Tsatos MUSIC: Ruven Sama on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0SsB4VIr7xd3N2cGp4zYBR?si=jJuoNPp7Q72aJKmvUgT4kQ and IG @ruvensama SPECIAL THANKS TO SPONSORS & FILMING SITES: Ground News Le Gourmand Rasta Pasta Ugly Delicious Handlebar Crafty Coyote ★・・・・・★・・・・・★ SOURCES: Ailoto, Daisy. 2019. "How Graffiti Became Gentrified." https://newrepublic.com/article/154220/graffiti-became-gentrified Cikaj, Klejton. 2023. "Jacques Rancière’s Emancipated Spectator: How Should Art Engage Us?" https://www.thecollector.com/jacques-ranciere-emancipated-spectator/ City of Toronto. 2021. "StreetARToronto 2021 Program Information Session." https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/8ce7-TS_StART_2021-Program-Info-Session.pdf ---- n.d. "Graffiti Management." https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/streets-parking-transportation/enhancing-our-streets-and-public-realm/graffiti-management/ ---- n.d. "StreetARToronto." https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/streets-parking-transportation/enhancing-our-streets-and-public-realm/streetartoronto/ Di Liscia, Valentina. 2021. "Before and After Photographs of 5Pointz Mural Site Show a Bleak Transformation." https://hyperallergic.com/632795/before-and-after-photographs-of-5pointz-mural-site-show-a-bleak-transformation/ D.K. 2013. "How did graffiti become respectable?" https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2013/11/10/how-did-graffiti-become-respectable Hsu, Hua. 2014. "Before Gentrification, a City Covered in Graffiti." https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/before-gentrification-a-city-covered-in-graffiti Kukla, Quill. 2020. "Street Art, Place-Making, and Anti-Capitalist Spatial Activism." https://spectrejournal.com/street-art-place-making-and-anti-capitalist-spatial-activism/ Kumar, Jaya. 2020. "The Evolution of Graffiti in Toronto – Interviews with Jafar and Rons." https://torontoguardian.com/2020/10/evolution-toronto-graffiti/ Peat, Don. 2013. "Rob Ford 'obsessed' with ridding Toronto of graffiti." https://torontosun.com/2013/07/31/rob-ford-obsessed-with-ridding-toronto-of-graffiti Polat, Defne Kadıoglu. 2020. "‘Now the German comes’: The ethnic effect of gentrification in Berlin." Ethnicities 20(1) 155–176. DOI: 10.1177/1468796818810007. Rivlin-Nadler, Max. 2014. "Banksy, gentrification and the end of graffiti." https://www.salon.com/2014/11/30/banksy_gentrification_and_the_end_of_graffiti_partner/ Edited by Jeffrey Ian Ross. 2016. "Routledge Handbook of Graffiti and Street Art." ISBN 9780367335977. Samutina, Natalia & Oksana Zaporozhets. 2015. "Berlin, the City of Saturated Walls." Laboratorium 7(2): 36-61. Yakubu, Paul. 2023. "How Neighborhoods Rely on Graffiti to Protest Gentrification." https://www.archdaily.com/1004971/how-neighborhoods-rely-on-graffiti-to-protest-gentrification tags: street art, graffiti, mural art, street artists, toronto, berlin, germany, canada, low-brow art and high-brow art, street interviews, man on the street, documentary, war on graffiti, war on drugs, broken windows theory, broken windows policing, breadtube, social commentary, internet analysis, video essay, analysis video, philosophy, tiktok, shanspeare, jordan theresa, cj the x, tiffany ferg, alice cappelle, contrapoints, philosophy tube, madisyn brown, chad chad, sisyphus 55, tara mooknee, noah samsen