Street art is becoming a big obsession. One of the first things that I do when I decide on a new destination is to find out whether or not I’m going to get my fill of street art. When I decided to be in Taiwan for two weeks, and Taipei for a large majority of that, I knew I needed to scope it out. Luckily, one of my favorite things to do while traveling is just to wander the streets. And from wandering and gaining some insight from a local in Taiwan, I was able to find some of the best Murals in Taipei. Taipei may not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of street art culture, but be prepared to be pleasantly surprised. In Taipei street art and better yet, good street art is easy to come by. The capital of the island country of Taiwan is rife with large and small scale street art. Here are my favourite photos of the street art that I saw. And as always, if you know of any more, leave them in the comments! 在台北,越来越多机会看到风格不同的街头涂鸦作品。从台北东区的南港车站附近,到松烟艺术特区、圆山大直河滨公园到中山桥下,再到西门町的美国街与电影主题公园附近,都可以看见街头涂鸦的踪影。其中美国街与电影主题公园,因为有艺青会进驻,从早期是没有计画的随意涂鸦,到近几年会找国内艺术家前来,以台北街头或是台湾所见所感后,再进行街头涂鸦创作后。不管是创作技巧与内容质量,都跟其它区域有所区隔,可说是街头涂鸦的艺术重镇之一。每隔一段时间去,就不会失望,每每都能看见新的惊喜! 其实在台湾,涂鸦通常都跟违法脱不了干系,和其他国家不同的是,国外的空白墙面是可以被涂鸦创作的。在公共物品上涂鸦,当然在台湾的学校,或在社会,都是不被允许的。从学生时期桌角上的涂鸦,椅子上的涂鸦,到校园墙面的涂鸦,天桥的涂鸦,废墟外墙的涂鸦等等,任何一个土生土长的台湾人,很难伪装说他们从来没有看过这些东西的存在。涂鸦可以是文字,也可以是图画。街头涂鸦是种临场考试,与画纸创作有很大的不同,因为街头涂鸦使用的是喷漆,不仅颜色受限,更无法调色,必须利用手感来涂鸦,线条的粗细取决于喷漆的角度与速度。 Weaving through the streets of the Ximending Shopping District can be tough (and overwhelming), but it’s also a great place to find some awesome street art and murals. Check out the side streets to find the best ones. Clearly I got a bit carried away in this area! Many shops in Taipei enlist street artists to paint their shutters. If you’re really interested in Taipei street art, then an early morning walk before the shops open and the shutters go up is a must. These types of long walks are perhaps the best because you inevitably come across something you would not otherwise. Alternative culture and street art in Taipei has really come a long way over the last few years. For many it’s becoming an essential part of their identity and who they really are deep down – but it wasn’t always that way.
Go back ten years to the streets of Taipei and you’d probably see a number of things. Street markets, full of stalls selling mountains of hot noodles mixed with tofu of all types and smells. Stalls displaying T-shirts covered in characters from The Simpsons and South Park, with badly translated speech bubbles coming from their mouths. You might have even spotted a few tags of graffiti on a wall or two, but they were mostly hidden down alleyways, where only those who really needed to, tended to ever see them. Fast forward to the present, and the food stalls are still there, beneath the clouds of steam, but there’s something new and colourful that’s taking hold of not just the alleyways, but the streets of Taipei with arts. 涂鸦,是种年轻的低声鼓譟,也是一句喊到声嘶力竭的“我存在”,响起喷漆罐在背包里撞击的回声。从代表“我”的签名,到一幅人被钱压倒在废墟里的政治讽刺壁画,那些声音、每一句话都是街头涂鸦。涂鸦艺术家们,除了要有想法,更重要的是极富表现欲望。现在一些知名的涂鸦艺术家有许多的国际单位赞助,在指定的地点和墙面,城市的各地彩绘指定主题。城市里,有些声音必须用眼睛确认。 我认为街头涂鸦是种态度。有些人明明有完整的墙面,可以合法地画,却偏偏喜欢选择非法或自认为很酷的地方,留下创作或名字,来证明自己是这个城市的王;但另外还有一群人希望能将街头涂鸦艺术化,并将其创作理念与背后的故事,灌注在涂鸦创作中,希望能将一般人认知的次文化,引进艺术的殿堂。在这城市井然有序的低语后,有些声音从城市天际线底下冒出。旅游的路上,也许可以用另一双眼睛,遇见不一样的台北。 台北市能以妆点的更加亮丽鲜明,富有个性,在老屋林立的台北市,也许就是需要这么些冲突的街头艺术来注入点活力吧。 If you want to read all my blog posts on street art, you can click onto this link to browse the compilation: https://www.jenniferteophotography.com/thats-life-blog/category/street-art
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