Damn, where the reckless teenagers at when you need them, I would have probably painted over all their ads if I was younger. Every time, just out of spite.
Good to see my man Bishop @10:28 in this video. In the late 90’s I would couch surf at my friends spots in Bushwick / Flatbush writing graff and hitting underground hip hop / hardcore shows. It was dope to watch those neighborhoods evolve with the art / street culture. I miss those days. S/O to Stark & Bisc.
This was awesome and I am glad they covered the displacement of the longstanding community members. I hope that people are not kicked out of their community due to the increase in rent. Keep Fighting the Good fight BUSHWICK !!!
The advertising guy seemed cool then near the end he got so disrespectful, shows how much of an act he was putting up. They should fuck the ads up, that is the true nature of being a writer and the ad companies would stop wasting money if they were being fucked up every day. They go over you, you go over them it is very simple.
Graffiti has evolved in many different directions- especially in the last 5 years. a focus on tradition, the deconstructive and rudimentary, influences from contemporary art, the obvious complexity of evolving trends in lettering. If you want an accessible example seek out Revok's latest contemporary work vs what he is known for. The reason artists outside of graffiti choose to follow this trend of stealing from the essence of graffiti yet not take the risk, and mostly do characters, patterns, minimalism, objects, animals, etc is the same reason as the ad campaigns. it still blows my mind that people would rather paint a cartoon pixar looking monkey rather than try to understand the history of graffiti and focus their energy and time into the practice of the real thing. Because when this trend of "street" "art" is over, when all these basic fools and rich tourists find something new to be voyeuristic yet safe experiencing, and that brand of liquor isnt mentioned by a dated rapper and falls off.. tagging will still be there, and tags are what will be directly on top of all this bullshit.
Extremely well said and true. I’m watching the same shit happen over here on the west coast in Oakland. People aren’t giving in as easy and it’s pretty common to see advertisement bullshit get beat into the ground with throw ups and handstyles. No matter where they put them.
Forreal. These walls tell a story around the hoods of who’s getting up and what’s going on in the neighborhood, constantly getting buffed and you see who’s really active hitting spots, then you got these guys that come and paint a giant mural on that wall, and it’s left to sit never to be tagged again. Fuck that shit
Just found this video and saw it for the first time because I looked into Art Gentrification after visiting Wynwood Miami arts district that had a lot of art 15 years ago 10 years ago even a few years ago but 2022 is mainly apparel, sneaker and sunglasses in spaces artists cleaned up back when no one wanted to even go there. The area looks nice but none of the artists can afford the rent.
this is why you need to paint on removable surfaces. Like taking prepped plywood and paint on it then attach it to the area so you can keep moving it. then just place it right over the advertisers .
Awesome, this is what documentaries are for. A well considered, wholistic take on a contentious issue. I know where I’m going if I ever make it to NY. Good on you Bushwick collective for make the world a prettier place..
I grew up in the Bronx in the 80's, and while where I lived in Pelham Parkway was good, if you drove down the Cross Bronx Expressway to the GWB all you saw was burnt out buildings and slums.
Good man starting the Art Project :) I hate advertising with a passion! I'm halfway through the doc, I hope it turns out well. Get rid of advertising. People before Profit! NOT profit before people. Piece by Peace or Piece by War. Destroy the advets!
how in the f- did they do the editing with those pictures, looking at old pictures with things moving, zooming in at things and looking around on the photos like they're videos, i wanna learn that!
first company to choose hand paint as ads?? thats an arrogant statement, obviously this dude don't have research on advertisement from the 1920's - 1930's
The vultures don’t offer a truly collaborative agreement; not monetarily or otherwise. Progress at the hands of capitalist predators is not progress. It’s cannibalizing. The people who stayed at made it cool do not prosper; look at them. They should be the most well off; but they aren’t are they? “Everyone has to work together” always means sacrifice by the poor and working class and marginalized. Not the cozy.
A man told his young son to dig a hole in which to plant a small tree. He told the boy to make it one foot deep and one foot wide. The old man left and came back to find the boy had dug a hole two feet deep and two feet wide. He asked the boy why he dug it twice as deep and wide as he was told. He said he thought if one foot was good then two feet seemed twice as good. His dad said "No. Digging a one foot hole was progress; digging a two foot hole was going too deep and too wide and would cause the sapling to be buried and die. It is possible to go beyond progress and instead waste time, energy and resources and...damage is occurring...which must be undone...for true healthy progress to occur."
Legal street art is a PART of gentrification. And is gay. Graffiti and illegal "Street art" is the reason areas get gentrified by rich white art fans and hipsters because it makes the neighborhood more alive. But illegal graffiti and illegal "street art" is dope, if you not in the streets doing the illegal work then you don't deserve to be in a gallery or get legal walls.
hey look another beautifully uplifting story that's actually depressing as fuck. way to go, humans. but I'll still buy a plane ticket to NYC & give that dude Joe a hug
Dude crying for his mom was real, made reflect on family and shit.
Shit for real
me too.
i woulda bombed the ads lol
Use a fire extinguisher to paint over them ads.
burn em
montana ultra wide cans if you dont got an extinguisher
@@krampussbeMTN Madmaxxx
@@kristianafaga2149 pretty much same thing as an ultra wide. i like the mad maxxx better tbh
@@krampussbe madmaxxx is basically a extinguisher
Damn, where the reckless teenagers at when you need them, I would have probably painted over all their ads if I was younger. Every time, just out of spite.
hell yeah, i miss writing
Amenophis IV too right. Destroy them adds
haha thats what i just said
there sipping coffees and wearing tight jeans
Or maybe they're** in school learning correct grammar
Complex doing Docs now had me thinking this was a VICE video
System Down 😂same
lmao great comment
Good to see my man Bishop @10:28 in this video. In the late 90’s I would couch surf at my friends spots in Bushwick / Flatbush writing graff and hitting underground hip hop / hardcore shows. It was dope to watch those neighborhoods evolve with the art / street culture. I miss those days. S/O to Stark & Bisc.
This was awesome and I am glad they covered the displacement of the longstanding community members. I hope that people are not kicked out of their community due to the increase in rent. Keep Fighting the Good fight BUSHWICK !!!
love watching these documentaries, so interesting !
As a fellow Bushwick native, born and raised, it’s a total source of pride.
The advertising guy seemed cool then near the end he got so disrespectful, shows how much of an act he was putting up. They should fuck the ads up, that is the true nature of being a writer and the ad companies would stop wasting money if they were being fucked up every day. They go over you, you go over them it is very simple.
Dude let's give it up to Joe for real for real...
Graffiti has evolved in many different directions- especially in the last 5 years. a focus on tradition, the deconstructive and rudimentary, influences from contemporary art, the obvious complexity of evolving trends in lettering. If you want an accessible example seek out Revok's latest contemporary work vs what he is known for. The reason artists outside of graffiti choose to follow this trend of stealing from the essence of graffiti yet not take the risk, and mostly do characters, patterns, minimalism, objects, animals, etc is the same reason as the ad campaigns. it still blows my mind that people would rather paint a cartoon pixar looking monkey rather than try to understand the history of graffiti and focus their energy and time into the practice of the real thing. Because when this trend of "street" "art" is over, when all these basic fools and rich tourists find something new to be voyeuristic yet safe experiencing, and that brand of liquor isnt mentioned by a dated rapper and falls off.. tagging will still be there, and tags are what will be directly on top of all this bullshit.
Kinda true kinda falls graffiti over street art though graffiti is the pure foundation and non profit
Extremely well said and true. I’m watching the same shit happen over here on the west coast in Oakland. People aren’t giving in as easy and it’s pretty common to see advertisement bullshit get beat into the ground with throw ups and handstyles. No matter where they put them.
@@mattpruitt5017 same shit where I live in the UK, they are cutting back every public service, but the buff continues.
Forreal. These walls tell a story around the hoods of who’s getting up and what’s going on in the neighborhood, constantly getting buffed and you see who’s really active hitting spots, then you got these guys that come and paint a giant mural on that wall, and it’s left to sit never to be tagged again. Fuck that shit
@@DeKay1471 The buff doesnt just continue, now it's on the spot £1,200 fines from the fascists we call the conservative party
I love this guy's energy
Just found this video and saw it for the first time because I looked into Art Gentrification after visiting Wynwood Miami arts district that had a lot of art 15 years ago 10 years ago even a few years ago but 2022 is mainly apparel, sneaker and sunglasses in spaces artists cleaned up back when no one wanted to even go there. The area looks nice but none of the artists can afford the rent.
That first add at 11:38 was well placed lol
Great documentary! I hope the community stays true to its roots and they kick out those advertisers!
Finally something dope from Complex
Yo complex this the kind of real I want to see, true to the streets that our subculture comes from.
Hot 🔥🔥🔥of truth. W.
this is why you need to paint on removable surfaces. Like taking prepped plywood and paint on it then attach it to the area so you can keep moving it. then just place it right over the advertisers .
i live in Philly and every block whether its the hood or center city has a mural and a city like new york should have a program like ours
it really makes me rethink about the way of overcoming gentrification and other money problems.
The rapper Bushwick Bill even though he's not from Bushwick makes Bushwick respectable because Bushwick Bill is scary.
He is from BUSHWICK his name is rich i used to see him all the time
Meanwhile while I try this in my city I get charged for defacing property yeah Ight
LONG LIVE THE BUSHWICK COLLECTIVE AND JOE🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
Awesome, this is what documentaries are for. A well considered, wholistic take on a contentious issue. I know where I’m going if I ever make it to NY. Good on you Bushwick collective for make the world a prettier place..
Awesome loved it ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Listen to Gentrify my hood - your old Droog .. I'm from Flatbush BK and I see the huge change gentrification is bringing
Good doc complex!
street art is to graffiti as mumble rap is to lyrical rap
i always say:
street is to graffiti what iggy azalea is to the rap game
watered down, exploitative, and fake
I love the comments asking for graff artists to paint over ads. Lol real graff artists wouls be way more disrespected by free walls then ads
Street art is fake as fuck
@@caillou7552 i write and would love more legal walls.
great documentary! I thought I feel exhausted editing my art stuff..^^ But thats realy hard work!
I grew up in the Bronx in the 80's, and while where I lived in Pelham Parkway was good, if you drove down the Cross Bronx Expressway to the GWB all you saw was burnt out buildings and slums.
Lol, mami said “you had your gang bangs”, LMFAO, I know exactly what you’re trying to say but damn that was funny.
How do I unsubscribe from Complex Hustle?
LMAO!!!! That shit is hosted by like the Complex B squad
you're a fucking idiot
How did this not go viral?
awesome film man
That's not a piece that's a masterpiece
Pretty dope docu!
This is the story of every major city in America today
this is exactly like the 19th season of southpark!
Joe is a cool dude. respect
Dope af!
this is and still happening in logan square chicago
Right down my block. Very dope vid y'all.
Good man starting the Art Project :) I hate advertising with a passion! I'm halfway through the doc, I hope it turns out well. Get rid of advertising. People before Profit! NOT profit before people. Piece by Peace or Piece by War. Destroy the advets!
POWER TO THE PEOPLE
more complex documentaries pls
Why not paint all the murals blank and make the advertisers pay to have them put back up. Could that work?
hey if there is any space to paint please let me know
Nice doc, big up Bushwick Art
Anyone recognize the artist who did the 's' in 'Bushwick"@3:33?
I think it was yer mom
very well made
how in the f- did they do the editing with those pictures, looking at old pictures with things moving, zooming in at things and looking around on the photos like they're videos, i wanna learn that!
This is newton and the inner suburbs of Sydney used to be a lots of cool space to paint ext. now just full of rich hipsters.
It's lit. statik selektah is in this
This video is three years old wow it's still the same to
Graffiti artist should just diss the ads simple yo.
Now they gotta paint over the ads... since they putting ads over the murals
Excellent doc.
Basically this is behind the scenes of the get down
Love it
Maaaannnn I’d go ham bombing the shit out of those advertisements
I love complex
those ads need to be buffed
loved this..
Dope lil documentary for the culture
Amazing
im suprised this dude isnt going around at night with an extinguisher of red , putting huge x's thru all the adverts...
I swear if my city turns into a giant ad... 😤😤😤
Everybody should just paint over the advertisements
End credits instrumental?
Thanx.
Use a fire exinguisher to cover the ads in paint.
Upload think of what u said
first company to choose hand paint as ads?? thats an arrogant statement, obviously this dude don't have research on advertisement from the 1920's - 1930's
This is happening here in Detroit now too. It's getting bad. Fucking bird rental scooters everywhere in the road and shit all over
Loved this
The vultures don’t offer a truly collaborative agreement; not monetarily or otherwise. Progress at the hands of capitalist predators is not progress. It’s cannibalizing. The people who stayed at made it cool do not prosper; look at them. They should be the most well off; but they aren’t are they? “Everyone has to work together” always means sacrifice by the poor and working class and marginalized. Not the cozy.
Ads on Street Art RUclips docs are ironic...
BUSHWICK REPRESENT
🙏🏿🖤✊🏿🖌️🎨
gentrification is bs poor people Always has to leave at the end and then its just hip or ritch people left ! and not a hip Place anymore!!!
Sweet!
So much respect for Fuckin REVS!! One Love ❤️
Can i help you? I don't know, what services do you offer?
This is real Brooklyn shit bushwick represent
A man told his young son to dig a hole in which to plant a small tree. He told the boy to make it one foot deep and one foot wide. The old man left and came back to find the boy had dug a hole two feet deep and two feet wide. He asked the boy why he dug it twice as deep and wide as he was told. He said he thought if one foot was good then two feet seemed twice as good. His dad said "No. Digging a one foot hole was progress; digging a two foot hole was going too deep and too wide and would cause the sapling to be buried and die. It is possible to go beyond progress and instead waste time, energy and resources and...damage is occurring...which must be undone...for true healthy progress to occur."
*Rip Bushwick Bill*
10:50 OH my WADDDD.
love this shit Comlex
Nfs 4:40 really got me sad
shoutout from bushwick
thank you for blurring the ads! the world needs less of them.
bomb the ads
Legal street art is a PART of gentrification. And is gay. Graffiti and illegal "Street art" is the reason areas get gentrified by rich white art fans and hipsters because it makes the neighborhood more alive. But illegal graffiti and illegal "street art" is dope, if you not in the streets doing the illegal work then you don't deserve to be in a gallery or get legal walls.
No love for StylezP, what’s up with that?
Good shit this was..
great place
13:00 Let them do it, then paint the fooker
When you don't own the land then you don't have a say so! Y'all better learn this lesson, money talks.
Just paint over the billboards fuck that shit
2:50 Is this why there are a lot of random fires lately?
hey look another beautifully uplifting story that's actually depressing as fuck. way to go, humans.
but I'll still buy a plane ticket to NYC & give that dude Joe a hug
What dude is saying 21:20 about gentrification is false... That is rarely how gentrification happens.... fact