The Digitalization of Street Art and Graffiti: Analysis on Ladies On Wall’s Social Media Account

Female street artist and graffiti writers in Indonesia are incorporated in the Ladies on Wall, which was formed as a room for the female street artist and graffiti writer in producing works. Formerly, street art and graffiti were considered as male activities due to the construction of male’s masculinity. In addition, street art and graffiti are categorized as a temporary art works due to the weather, overwritten works, as well as the government policies that prohibit the existence of the art works. The aim of this article is to analyze the use of media by the Ladies on Wall community as a form of digitizing works to show their existence. The netnography method is used in this article, by making the Instagram account of the Ladies on Wall Community as the subject of the research. The results of this research indicate the ability of Ladies on Wall Instagram account as a room to appreciate, preserve, develop a discussion spaces, legitimize and bring up the women’s perspective in street art and graffiti world.