Eco-Graffiti (Final Project outline)

As a continuation from my thoughts about "What is art?" and as a reaction against tacky tagging that people do on the streets - I am doing a sort of "eco-graffiti" for my final project.

First off, I wanted to do a type of "street art" because I feel like this is a type of art that isn't necessarily "limited" in the amount of people who get to see it. I feel like this is a form of communication that can spread to different eyes at a quick rate - because it's out in public. Second off, like I said, I was also motivated to do this project simply because of the vast majority of crappy-looking "tagging" that people do - that I think belittles the look of a wall.  There's definitely a difference between unique graffiti and graffiti art, and just plain old tagging.

So, I am choosing to do moss graffiti! Here is the recipe:

• One or two clumps (about a small handful) of moss
• 2 cups of buttermilk
  • You can also substitute with yogurt (vegan yogurt can be used)
• 2 cups of water
• 1/2 tsp. sugar
• Corn syrup (optional)

And also this youtube video of this guy showing how he made it - he used "water gel" from a diaper? I don't have diapers handy and I'm not exactly sure how to get "water gel" from this - so I'm probably just going to follow the above recipe. But a visual aid is always nice so:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBsIljmgm7o

You can skip to 50 seconds in, as the first part is just a sort of introduction. 

I'm not positive (because I've never tried this before), but I don't think I'm going to be able to get very detailed with this medium, so I'll probably stick to words/sections of quotes/poems that I feel communicate what I want to say...and maybe try to do some silhouettes...but we'll see how everything goes. 

I will probably be working on this Wednesday/Thursday/Saturday, and I'll post pictures along the way!