Don\'t Be Scared, It\'s Only Street Art: The Performance of Stencil Graffiti Hemispheric Institute; Duffly, Catherine Ming T\'ien performance studies, estudios sobre performance, estudios de performance journal, revista student work, trabajo de estudiantes, trabalho de estudantes paper, ensayo, trabajo escrito, ponencia art, arte activism, activismo, ativismo Americas, Américas, Américas North America, Norteamérica United States, Estados Unidos ENG: There was a time when bold, sprawling graffiti letters colored both my social world and my suburban landscape. Growing up, most of my friends were boys who, like many boys in the suburbs, considered themselves graffiti artists. Late nights I walked with them along railroad tracks and ducked into abandoned buildings to scout out a new spot or a great piece. They spent hours discussing graffiti styles and whether so-and-so from one town over was a \"toy.\" I associated graffiti with so much ego marking and straight-boy posturing. And I never once did a piece of my own. Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics, New York University 2004-10-01 DCMI: Text Hemi: Text text/html http://hemi.es.its.nyu.edu/journal/1_1/panel_duffly.html eng http://hemi.nyu.edu/rights.html public