The document provides specifications and considerations for a street art design project. It outlines that designs should convey an intended message through stencils, spray paint, or paste-ups on an original photograph. Safety practices like wearing protective gear when spray painting outside must be followed. The document also discusses brainstorming pros and cons of street art, the differences between graffiti and street art, and legal responsibilities of street artists. Composition and experimentation with line, shape, and form are mentioned as important design elements.

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2. Specifications
These are the areas that need to be taken into account when designing Street Art for this Unit.
•The message you intend to convey
•Using Stencils and spray paint
•Using paste-ups
•Working on an original photograph to create the illusion of Street Art in a public space.
(minimum of 6 required for consideration)
Considerations : images, text and style
Limitations : Surface, time, weather and space
OHS (Safety practices)
Wear a smock (students must bring their own) , mask, goggles , gloves
All spray painting will be done outside to provide maximum ventilation.

3. Task 1a Brainstorm page: Street art
• Watch video fragments on STL and discuss questions for each
fragment with a peer and then write a few sentences about each.
• Discuss in class: When is it art?
• What the difference is between graffiti and tagging?
• Make a list of the pros and cons of street art?
Pros on the left and cons on the right.
• What legal and social responsibilities does a street artist take on
when they put their message out into the world?

4. EXPERIMENTATION
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A “tag” is a form of signature used by some graffiti artists to identify their
work. It is also used by vandals to simply mark and disfigure walls.

5. Text can play an important role in making the artist’s intentions clear when
addressing specific opinions such as social, political or environmental
issues.

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9. A design cut into heavy paper or cardboard, then spray-painted on to a
wall or other surface.

10. Graffiti can be defined as any painting, drawing or writing of
something on the surface of in a public place. Graffiti is illegal
everywhere in Australia, including the City of Melbourne. (see
Graffiti Management plan 2014-2018)
Street art is artistic work done with the permission of the
person who owns the wall and the permission of the local
council. With the proper permission street art is legal in
Melbourne.
The council has a street art permit process which enables
property owners and tenants to get permission to let street
artists decorate their walls.
The term “Street art” covers a wider range of media and is
more connected with graphic design.

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Composition
•The arrangement of the subject matter in the artwork.
•This also relates to where the elements and principles of art
are used in the artwork and for what purpose.
•It considers how all parts work together to create an overall
visual effect.