Graffiti is related to memory since these have been part of Melipilla for years, although now they are more common to see. Graffiti is difficult to forget, not only because of its colors and shapes, but also because of its meanings and intentions.

The origin of this style of art dates back to the beggining of the Roman Empire in wich walls and public places were scribbled with prophecies, protests or announcements in order to share them with citizens, it also dates back to the caves of the homosapiens wich they wore drawing to document their exploits, wich were made with colored powder and hollow bones. Today graffiti is considered an artistic expression capable of visually communicating the thoughts and feelings of urban writing, expressing disagreements, inequalities and even injusticies in society, wich is why it is related to rebellion.

    For a painting to be considered graffiti, it must meet the following requirements:

• Location / Public Spaces

• Varieties of techniques

• Styles

• Transmit a message

• Anonymous author

• Letters, forms, colors and patterns

Graffiti is a type of signature, text or pictoral composition generally made without authorization in public spaces, on a wall or other resistant surface. Graffiti or graffito. a form of free art, highlighted by its art style, generally carried out in public and urban spaces. Its origin dates back to the inscriptions that have remained on walls since the times of the Roman Empire, especially those that are satirica or critical in nature.

The graffiti breaks down into:    

Colors in graffiti's can represent emotions or feelings.

The messages are transmitted as advertising, protests, thoughts or political issues.

 In graffitis there are different types of figures whether they are lines, squares, circles, etc.

The main purpose is to express emotions and ideas through the creation of images and words in public spaces. Artists use this form to communicate political, social and cultural messages to the community. However it is more commonly used as a way to leave his "signature".

The objective of graffiti can cover different areas depending on the context of the reader's world, from artistic and cultural expression, to transmitting messages, etc.

The origin of this style of painting dates back to the times of the Roman Empire in which walls and public places are scrawled with prophecies, protests or announcements in order to share it with citizens. Graffiti is usually identified by the painting of free and creative abstract texts.

To understand the history of graffiti, we must first give it a global definition. The word "graffiti" has its origins in the Greek word graffein which means to write the term graffiti.

Graffiti is made up of letters, symbols, numbers, signs and styles are what give shape to these such as colors, effects, bubbles, curves, etc. Some of the most common styles are:

TAGGING: Crafting a "quick" signature that is practiced and perfected can be used as a signature on a piece or a personal brand.

WILDSTYLE: A more complex style of graffiti in which arrows are used and different types of lines, colors and curves are varied. The writing is often completely mysterious and indecipherable, but every graffiti artist actually follows an established pattern and technique.

BOMBING: Refers to the activity of urban artists to intensively intervene in a certain area with tags or other methods.

BLOCKBUSTER: They are large square letters of two colors. They were invented to completely cover other writers and to paint the entire cars quickly. Blade and Comet invented them.

COMPUTER STYLE: It is a type of graffiti that looks pixelated or digitized, as if taken from the computer.

STINGGASER: The stinggaser is a style in which a fire extinguisher is modified to drip paint and remove these types of parts are the most difficult to make since it is difficult to control the dripping.

Stickers: They are stickers with the tag inside, characters, which are made with the marker or paint, you can usually find it behind metal signs, railings or basically any corner.

Spot: The "spot" is "THE PLACE" known by graffiti artists for being the place where an incredible piece of art will go as well as a tag. something easy to find: a wall, trains, posters, gate, etc.

Background: The first time the Fund was used was in the Underground Metro, it is used to give a base to what is painted and cover what is below the surface. It can be spray or bucket paint.

Hip-Hop: The culture in the late 70s and early 80s that originated the culture of graffiti, rap, beat box and breaking, these being the 4 pillars of culture.

Writter: is the person who does everything like tags as well as throw ups pieces all with a more artistic purpose.

CREW: They are a group of graffiti artists, who scratch the initials of the CREW along with their tag. CREW names are 3 letters The CREW name can have more letters, it depends on the members.

Tagger: Lo opuesto a writter ya que solo hace tags y throw ups o mejor dicho hace todo menos piezas con un proposito mas interno.

King: The best with the most tags, bombs or parts. When he owns an area he has the right to use a crown.

A graffiti artist, in addition to having a whole world behind him before expressing his art, also has to have a whole team that is not cheap at all, today there are brands such as MTN, KOBRA, MOTTA and LOOP are the most reliable and with the most variety. among everything that a graffiti artist can use are markers and cans, these 2 are the most prominent, in the markings there are different types such as mops and tips from PC-1M PC-3M PC-5M PC-8K PC-17K PC-30MM PC-50MM.

The cans are the tool and the biggest leap in quality of the graffiti artist and the caps the right hand of these the Cans are divided into female or male, the difference between these are that the females bring a tube that accepts one type of caps, on the contrary, the males that accept any type of caps. also the high pressures that the paint is more concentrated and it is recommended to move away from the wall a little and low pressures are those that can be dispersed so you have to get a little closer to the wall

The caps are the main accessory of the cans, the caps, depending on the type, the paint is spread more or less with which you can generate a variety of effects and blurs, making it more fun when painting, you can also look for an infinite number of caps in the stores.

The intention of a graffiti artist is related if his purpose is artistic, he seeks to impress with colors, shapes and dimensions. demonstrate the graffiti artist's skills and knowledge through shading, curves, details and EXECUTION. On the other hand, the most proper intention is to "scratch for oneself" where the author's vision is reflected and his opinion or his thoughts are noted. In contrast to the previous intention, here we are not so much looking to demonstrate the skills but the meaning.

In this graffiti a feeling of appreciation for a person is expressed, you can see at first glance green letters with a small pink background and a white powerline with arrows on the sides.

In addition to the graffiti of ECUA you can see at the top a message of "do not vote garbage" referring to what the person thinks in this case ECUA since a range of colors is maintained with the graffiti below white with a black powerline.

RYSER is a well-known graffiti artist in Melipilla. In this piece you can see an elaborate material with a range of visually appealing colors and a harmonious color palette of green-pink-yellow-blue-purple.

Faithful to the blockbuster style, square letters with simple colors such as black and white, but it fulfills the sense that this style gives, impact, meaning that is given by the size of its letters, very typical of this style, to capture them in buildings or walls of warehouses, etc.

Something very common in the life of a graffiti artist is to have problems with the police, such as being caught graffitiing since this art (it is considered banditry) is illegal. In graffiti, a hatred is expressed towards the police, the main antagonists when it comes to doing this practice.

"DRINA" as this graffiti artist calls himself in conjunction with our working group we interviewed him and he told us about his time in the world of graffiti and here we are going to tell you about him and his reinventions in the art of graffiti

"DRINA" is the first facet of this graffiti artist already established in the most popular graffiti of melipilla by having a wide variety of graffiti with his nickname of various colors little variation of shapes and easy to recognize DRINA comes long before this range of graffiti artists with a more artistic or mixed purpose such as "EKUA" or "RISER". something that characterizes him a lot is his style that was very common in his time the thow up also in his active time came for the times of "DT" owners of the route, "DKB" and "YUKS" among others.

This wild cat is the reinvention of our graffiti artist, he brings with him a proposal with mixed intentions but mainly of protest graffiti such as "I HATE THE POLICE" or "ALL THE COPS ARE BASTARDS" among others you can also find this cat in an artistic way. this crazy kitten covering a large part of Melipilla, the only word that defines this cat is MITICO.