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tion was .deciding where we should shoot. I had
Jamie Schenk, center, with
some ideas after going on the Internet, reading
crew members Pat Barrie
articles and talking to people about bathroom
and Mark Elliot: "I hope
graffiti. I wanted to get a cross section of places
viewers ...gain insight into
that would give us some diversity."
why people feel a need
In Michigan, the crew went to U-M's
to reach out anonymously
Mason Hall, where Schenk first connected
to one another."
with her subject; Ann Arbor's Del Rio, which
is known for its bathroom graffiti; and
Detroit bars, including The Post and Honest? John's. The
filmmakers spoke with people who have written graffiti
and those responding to it.
"The [wall] writing depends on the environment, which
says a lot about the people who go to different establish-
ments and the affluence of the area," Schenk says. "A lot
of people were writing things like, 'I left my mark.' A lot
of it was very sexual, especially in the men's bathrooms,
where there were jokes."
Schenk, a Kingswood School graduate who attended
religious classes at Adat Shalom and had her bat mitzvah
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, noted that some bath-
rooms had religious signs and quotes from the Bible.
Schenk's mother, psychologist Lynda Giles, helped
with the analysis and put her daughter in touch with
psychiatrist Joseph Fischhoff, of Southfield, who
appears in the film. Handwriting expert Richard
Kokochak also gives his take on the wall expression:
"I hope viewers get an eye into a subject that most peo-
ple haven't given that much thought to and gain insight
into why people feel a need to reach out anonymously to
one another," says Schenk. "Whether on a serious level,
humorous level or sexual level, there's something innate
in all of us that needs to communicate."
Schenk, also the daughter of Richard Schenk of
Chicago, is trying to market her documentary to a
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Urban Scrawls will be shown at CPOP Gallery,
4160 Woodward, Detroit, through Jan. 28 to
accompany two graffiti-based displays, Bask's
"Analyzed Identities" and Kurt Halsey
Frederiksen's "It Just Didn't Feel the Same."
Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesdays
through Thursdays, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Fridays, 12-9
p.m. Saturdays and 1-5 p.m. Sundays. For more
information, call (313) 833-9901. To find out
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