
Piece by Piece
- Year:
- 2005
- 79 min
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One of your most personal
possessions is your signature.
It is the essence and the embodiment of who
we are.
This is San Francisco, northern
California.
Hometo some of the finest graffiti
artists the world has known.
A city famous for its beautiful
skyline,
steep hills, and diverse cultures.
Graffiti has played a major part in
this city for the last 20 years.
This isthe untold story of our
city's graffiti history,
told piece by piece.
And...
When we started out around '83,
there were so many cats doing
graff it was lovely.
Graffiti was rockin'. Frisco was
wrecked.
Ah man, San Francisco is a
playground for graffiti.
Every one I know who has come
always thought it was pretty
easy to get over.
It is a major small city, and it has a
ritch history.
This is where I crush.
You know, there were so many
crews,
so many writers, so many battles,
you know,
Iots of beef. I mean, nobody
wanted to stop!
Day and night, everyday, day and
night.
You gotta bomb.
If you've never painted, if you've
never ran from the cops,
you don't know what
the hell you're talking about.
Sitting and home and painting on
canvas is weak.
Just trying to put my name where
it needs to be.
Give me anything; I'll put my name
on it.
Mailbox, tunnel, truck,train; l
don't care!
The name of the game is to put
your name up!
When I go out and do graffiti,
I inherently feel asthough I am
destroying,
but I'm also giving something.
They still consider it vandalism.
If it is, it's creative.
Instead of focusing on the overall
look.
Does it look pretty, you know,
is it eye candy? Doesthe
character stand out?
Once they change the dynamic,
you know,
the next generation follows that,
because that's whatthey see.
Like, I mean, people say, "oh, we
hate the city," you know,
we don't hate the city, we love the
city! This is our city.
That's why we crush, 'cause it's
our city.
I think graffiti is part of the urban
life,
just like noise and buildings, and
smog, and people acceptthat...
It's against the law.
The police department has
dedicated officers
just to fighting graffiti.
If we catch you in San Francisco,
we'll slam ya'.
I put guys out undercover every
night.
If we catch ya', we'll slam ya'.
If I catch heat while I'm painting,
I'm not trying to hang out
and see how the cops are going to
treat me,
I'm doing whatever the f*ck I can
to get away.
All your doing is changing the
color of the surface,
a millimeter thick!
But they're saying it's a $5000
damage,
Because the building's worth
$5000?
It only takes two seconds to brush
it over,
maybe $20 worth of paint.
I'm not saying it's right, I mean,
graffiti's not all good.
It'sthe good, the bad
and the ugly.
It's kinda interesting seeing the
different generations
throughout the '80s, 90's,
and now, the 2000s.
Its work given to the people who
are on the street, you know,
this is artwork for the people.
It's not that I can't stop, I don't
wanna stop.
I'm just gettin' started
myself!
Shit. I've been in some fucking
good chases.
I've gotten away from most of
them;
I've gotten my ass kicked a few
times.
I got my nose broken;
I got my head split open.
I got, fuckin', takento jail.
I always thought graffiti was dope.
I always wanted my first tattoo to
be a train car with graffiti.
And like, luckily enough I fuckin'
didn't get that, because
the shit would have been wack,
you know
They told me, don'twrite graffiti.
They said, "don't fuckin' write
graffiti, you're an idiot, you're just
going to get yourself in trouble
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