The Street Art Manual
The Street Art Manual is the world's first book to combine practical advice and tactical guidance for creating 11 forms of street art in public space around the world.

Every type of street art is covered, including graffiti, stencilling, subvertising, large scale murals, wheat pasting, urban projections, aerial art, yarn bombing, guerrilla theatre, banner drops and projectiles. Each technique is illustrated with step-by-step drawings and straight forward advice about what you need and how to do it.

Written by award-winning artist, author and agitator Bill Posters, The Street Art Manual covers a diverse range of works by artists and collectives from across five continents, as well as legal information on Freedom of Expression, criminal damage and trespassing.

Arm yourself with the tips and knowledge that no other guide will give you and go out and reclaim the streets in the name of urban creativity.

About the authors

Over the last decade Bill Posters has worked alongside artists and activists to create some of the world's largest unlawful street art projects via the Brandalism project. In 2019 his project "Spectre", which included a deep-fake video based on Mark Zuckerberg, received huge global media acclaim.

Matt Bonner is a graphic artist, designer, and social justice campaigner. He works with campaigning groups and grassroots activists to use subversive art as a tool for progressive social change. In 2018 Matt designed the world-famous "Trump Baby" blimp.
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The Street Art Manual
The Street Art Manual is the world's first book to combine practical advice and tactical guidance for creating 11 forms of street art in public space around the world.

Every type of street art is covered, including graffiti, stencilling, subvertising, large scale murals, wheat pasting, urban projections, aerial art, yarn bombing, guerrilla theatre, banner drops and projectiles. Each technique is illustrated with step-by-step drawings and straight forward advice about what you need and how to do it.

Written by award-winning artist, author and agitator Bill Posters, The Street Art Manual covers a diverse range of works by artists and collectives from across five continents, as well as legal information on Freedom of Expression, criminal damage and trespassing.

Arm yourself with the tips and knowledge that no other guide will give you and go out and reclaim the streets in the name of urban creativity.

About the authors

Over the last decade Bill Posters has worked alongside artists and activists to create some of the world's largest unlawful street art projects via the Brandalism project. In 2019 his project "Spectre", which included a deep-fake video based on Mark Zuckerberg, received huge global media acclaim.

Matt Bonner is a graphic artist, designer, and social justice campaigner. He works with campaigning groups and grassroots activists to use subversive art as a tool for progressive social change. In 2018 Matt designed the world-famous "Trump Baby" blimp.
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The Street Art Manual

The Street Art Manual

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The Street Art Manual

The Street Art Manual

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Overview

The Street Art Manual is the world's first book to combine practical advice and tactical guidance for creating 11 forms of street art in public space around the world.

Every type of street art is covered, including graffiti, stencilling, subvertising, large scale murals, wheat pasting, urban projections, aerial art, yarn bombing, guerrilla theatre, banner drops and projectiles. Each technique is illustrated with step-by-step drawings and straight forward advice about what you need and how to do it.

Written by award-winning artist, author and agitator Bill Posters, The Street Art Manual covers a diverse range of works by artists and collectives from across five continents, as well as legal information on Freedom of Expression, criminal damage and trespassing.

Arm yourself with the tips and knowledge that no other guide will give you and go out and reclaim the streets in the name of urban creativity.

About the authors

Over the last decade Bill Posters has worked alongside artists and activists to create some of the world's largest unlawful street art projects via the Brandalism project. In 2019 his project "Spectre", which included a deep-fake video based on Mark Zuckerberg, received huge global media acclaim.

Matt Bonner is a graphic artist, designer, and social justice campaigner. He works with campaigning groups and grassroots activists to use subversive art as a tool for progressive social change. In 2018 Matt designed the world-famous "Trump Baby" blimp.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781786275233
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Publication date: 04/21/2020
Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 5.80(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Bill Posters is an award-winning artist, author and agitator. Over the last decade he has worked alongside artists and activists to create some of the world's largest unlawful street art projects. In 2019 his project "Spectre", which included a deep-fake video based on Mark Zuckerberg, received huge global media acclaim.

Table of Contents

Introduction 04

A Guide to Hacking Urban Space 07

Trespass/Access/lnfiltrate 11

Operating in Public Space 21

Tactics 26

Graffiti 29

Stencils 43

Paste-ups 51

Subvertising 61

Large-scale Murals 77

Yarn Bombing 85

Guerrilla Theatre 93

Banner Drop 101

Guerrilla Projection 111

Projectiles 121

Aerial Art 129

Legal Information 136

Documenting Your Work 140

Index 142

Credits and Acknowledgements 144

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