Artistic Destruction: Late-Century Slap Tags from Washington D.C. includes over 40 slap tags from the late 90s by various artists working anonymously or under a variety of handles.
The slap tag is a kind of graffiti that seeds itself into the cracks of a society. Unlike its grander counterparts that can detourn or decorate an entire train car or the side of a building, the slap tag is a furtive addition, an intrasigent assertion, and an ephermeron par excellence.
A poem-essay by Buck Downs, “On Being Adjacent”, centers the book and its origins in D.C.
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