Defining Street Culture
In the words of our artists and audiences:
“Raw”
“What genuinely presents what the people think, feel and how they live. Not through a marketing lens”
“Rebellion from the norm, power, youth and underground culture”
“Self expression. Self taught. Community based”
“Street Culture is culture, style & art that was not born out of upper echelons of society or born out of institutions, but crafted and created on the street”
“To ensure that a wider community experiences everyone’s culture honestly”
“Culture that is born from within a community, out of a need of expression”
“Using what you have to create”
“Art which grows out of cultures associated with the streets and not particularly incubated within an institution”
“It means my culture, the culture we live now. We’ve all invested in street culture, because we all walk the same streets”
“It’s powerful belief in speaking our own truths without the need for validation from higher power - because we know what we can do will change the world eventually”
“Self starting. Unfiltered. Independent. Expressive”
“Culture that is born from within a community, out of a need of expression”
“Authentic”