Vandalism is a dichotomy.
On the one hand, it is the corruption of property, the visual outcome of one’s justification for occupying a space that they do not own. On the other, it is a form of existence in the public space.
Without gentle vandalism, all the visual narratives a space has to offer would be the narrative of authority. If the public place is really public, it should offer unexpected encounters with the unknown, and vandalism can be considered as leaving a mark for the other to see, as well as seeing the trace of the other.
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