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Saturday, July 30, 2005

Graffiti Jam celebrates art

"(July 10, 2005) — In the '80s, people saw it as gang-member vandalism.

In the '90s, it was seen as rebellious teenage acts.

Today, it's in Sprite commercials.

Graffiti art, or 'tagging', evolved slowly, but now has burst into the mainstream. More than 60 artists are at a two-day Graffiti Jam in Rochester this weekend.

Taggers are painting walls on the east side of Village Gate Square on North Goodman Street as well as a few businesses on North Clinton and Clifford avenues.

'We started this as an alternative to fighting, sort of like assassins with aerosol cans,' said Dave Ratigan, 35, of Silver Springs, Wyoming County, event organizer and founder of From Up Above, an association of graffiti artists based in Rochester."
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