Category

Region

2024 - Splash Light!

Category
Daylight investigations - Region 4: Asia and Oceania

Students
Yanxing Zhou, Xiangju Wang, Jiajie Li & Bochao Ding

Teacher
Huang Xuan

School
Southwest Jiaotong University

Country
China

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Graffiti art originates from a need to vent and express. Graffiti artists express their thoughts and reflection by recording it on architecture using spray paint. From a cultural perspective, graffiti embodies rebellion and courage.

Gradually, graffiti has evolved into a part of street culture. In the frequent updates and changes of high-density cities, graffiti often appears in remote alleys and unnoticed corners. They, along with moss that thrives in damp environments, grow rampant in the dark sides of cities.

We aim to reverse this trend by mixing glowing moss spores with spray paint and filling spray cans with this mixture. During the graffiti process, the spores are sprayed out with the paint, activated by the moisture in the air, and grow into glowing moss on the graffiti surface. During the day, the glowing moss absorbs sunlight and stores energy. When the surroundings dim, it releases the energy in the form of fluorescence, causing the graffiti to glow.

At this moment, all abandoned, degraded, insignificant, and hidden buildings were reshaped. These ruins seem to be reborn, and the more remote the place, the more ingenious, the less popular the place, the more surprising. Over time, the organic paint graffiti will gradually be absorbed and decomposed by the moss on the surface, organically joining the wave of urban renewal,also as a part of ongoing urban greening.