1. Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Working in the abandoned Pripyat requires serious logistical and psychological training. The artists cross the perimeter illegally, carrying heavy equipment and paint through burning areas of the forest, avoiding patrols. Drawing takes place in tight respirators, and you have to spend the night in dilapidated buildings. Large scale work on reactor cooling towers or gloomy silhouettes on the walls are not created for the general public, but rather a dialogue with dead space, captured only in rare photographs. 2. Tokyo Subway Japan's transport system is considered one of the most secure in the world. The depots are equipped with thermal imagers, motion sensors and cameras with facial recognition. Getting there requires weeks of exploration: artists study blind spots, security routes, and move through ventilation shafts in absolute darkness. The cost of a mistake here is maximum harsh Japanese justice guarantees real prison terms and huge fines. For the global graffiti community, a piece on a Tokyo carriage is an indicator of aerobatics in circumventing security systems. 3. The separation barrier in Palestine The eight meter concrete wall on the border of Israel and Palestine is a zone of permanent military tension. Street art is created here in the line of sight of armed patrols and sniper towers. In this location, graffiti ceases to be just a subcultural phenomenon and becomes radical political actionism. The artists work quickly and under the cover of local residents, realizing that any sudden movement in the dark can provoke the opening of fire. 4. Underground military bunkers Near Paris and in the forests of Eastern Europe, networks of abandoned military communications are hidden. Descending into the catacombs is fraught with the risk of getting lost or getting into oxygen-deprived areas. The writers go underground for several days, carrying heavy car batteries to connect floodlights to line up the light for filming. This is a pure process for the sake of the process: only a few trained diggers will see the works created deep underground. 5. Skyscrapers of Sao Paulo (Pisacau) Brazilian street calligraphy — "pisacau" — is a unique and most dangerous visual phenomenon. Local writers reject any safety equipment on principle. At night, they storm the facades of high-rise buildings through drainpipes and cornices, holding each other by their clothes at a height of tens of meters. The statistics of fatal breakdowns in Sao Paulo are catastrophic, but for this closed community, applying its aggressive secret writing at an unattainable height prevails over any instinct of self-preservation. #graffiti #streetart #bishkek #recomendation #история_стен - @brickandink.kg