Street art, like graffiti, is a way for young people to show their art. However, in Como, Italy there are no designated areas for street art, so artists have to work in the night in unauthorized places. Graffiti can be found on the walls of abandoned buildings and factories, as well as on trains and in train stations. Most graffiti in Como is located in large, empty walls in parking areas and garages, but it also sometimes appears in underpasses and on unusual objects like broken furniture.

1. STREET ART

2. Street art is the way the young people show their
art, the graffiti.
Here in Como there aren’t any areas for this art, so
they have to draw in the night, in places where
they aren’t allowed.
In the buildings of the city centre you can find
only of the writers “tags”(signature), but the real
graffittis are mainly in the big empty walls of the
car parks and of the abandoned factories. You can
also find them on the trains or in the railway
stations.

3. A writing tag

4. Trains
Walls in the city
Abandoned factories

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11. In Como the most of
the graffitis are in the
parking areas, where
there is big wall to
colour..

12. Como – car parking Ticosa

21. ..but you can find them in the underpasses too

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25. Factory Via Panillani - Como

38. And many times the writers
have fun painting on strange
objects like a broken
armchair or..

39. I.T.I.S. “PAOLO CARCANO”
Como - ITALY
Photos by Abbate Chiara 4°D3