Article with Interview Citation and Annotation on Graffiti

Luz, Jennifer. “Taking Up Space: An Interview with Bio of TATS CRU Inc.” Dance Research Journal 33.2 (2001): 102-111. JSTOR. Web. 06 March 2014. The author, Jennifer Luz recounts her interview with a graffiti writer named Bio that founded Top Artistic Talent’s (TATS) Cru Inc., an advertising agency that creates graffiti for business murals and billboards. Luz discusses the transformation of graffiti; the change from scribbling a name on a wall into a complex art form that integrates more developed styles. According to Bio, it encompasses color that work well together, application techniques and control of materials used in creating such art. He believes graffiti is art because to him art is anything that affects an individual in some way and includes organization, creativity and planning. Luz argues that graffiti has made an impact and there is appreciation of its beauty in society.