Graffiti

Graffiti is everywhere is Gyllis. Graffiti is not something that artists are punished for doing in Gyllis, and in fact, it’s more or less encouraged. Most citizens are happy to see new art go up, and those that don’t want their homes or businesses to be painted will hang dried sea urchins from their door to indicate this desire. Otherwise, the whole dome is considered free game. Because of this, one can find art on the walls of any street they walk down, though the graffiti is even more concentrated closest to the Art Center where artists have open access to supplies. Art in improbable and hard to reach spaces are also seen as a mark of pride for the artist to have painted on, and so art can be found in the most illogical of places as well.

The content of the art varies, but like most things in Gyllis, it is heavily influenced by Shark God, and there are many depictions of Shark God, small and large, scattered all across the dome. Other running themes in the graffiti are the open ocean, other aquatic life, the reefs, and a new up and coming one, surprising since it’s so rarely seen, is the sky at different times of day and night. Some speculate that its popularity has grown with the new generation becoming bored of the same substance being repeated, others speculate that it’s telling of a longing for freedom from the grip of Octus and the other domes. Yet others still see it as an attack on Shark God and do their best to paint over this art, though a number of these depictions still include Shark God, just flying among the clouds instead of swimming through the sea.