In the face of a scenario of intense curricular reformulations in Brazil, this study examines the application of a reference matrix for evaluating the Fortaleza Reference Curricular Document (DCRFor), which was launched in 2024 to guide school planning towards “quality education”. The methodological apparatus adopted was Document Analysis combined with the application of a reference matrix, composed of two majo...
This article deals with the artistic practice of the Italian street art collectives Res Publica Temporanea and Collettivo FX in Catania, Sicily, which has so far been neglected by academic research. The results of this study are the outcome of a field trip in April 2023 by invitation of the artists. The article recaps their work in different places, each of which marks problematic developments in the city of Ca...
Why should we have a journal dedicated solely to graffiti and street art? This essay defends the rationale for establishing GSA. Since the rise to prominence of street artists such as Banksy and Shepard Fairey, there has been renewed interest in urban creativity. In many major cities around the world, city walls have been transformed into canvasses for artistic expression. However, these works do not fall into ...
For some people if it is not illegal then it is not Street Art, but is that really the case or are other factors at play? Today there is a lot of discussion about Street Art, however is it talked about properly and in the correct way? How much does myth condition and influence our interpretations of this language? We talk about an art form seen as a voice of protest, of the people, of the marginalized, of those...
Street Culture, compose of Hip Hop, Graffiti, Skateboarding and more, has impacted many aspects of popular culture today. In this essay, I would set Street Culture as complex of creative activities and by comparing with Kabuki culture, I would like to see their common points as cultural phenomena. And at the same time, seeking the origin of Street Culture’s mindset into their experience: Great Alienation. With ...
Tapicería Juan Luis is an independent exhibition project inaugurated in Malaga (Spain) on April 1, 2023. It develops from a relationship of more than 6 months with an old upholsterer diagnosed with a personality disorder.Initially, the study arises due to the typographical and compositional interest that we feel when observing the way in which this subject arranges a series of posters and claim documents on the...
The project was divided into two distinct parts:1. The street performance that consisted of painting the “red dot” hundreds of thousands of times all over the city to achieve a noticeable “visual invasion” and stimulate public reactions,2. The artistic documentation that led to the creation of a serie of multimedia works, sometimes interactives, addressing various sociological, urban, and anthropological topics...
The paper reflects upon my curatorial experience in aninterdisciplinaryurbanart laboratory “The 25 Lines”, which was a 2,5 months collective process takingplace in St. Petersburg on the verge of 2020-20211. The main thesis of the lab was Guy Debord’s statement “Art should return to everyday life” and its main focus was the everydayness of the lines (the streets) of Vasilevsky island. The paper is based on the s...
The experiences of the street artists and the graffiti ones– which often began with vandal graffiti and repressed by law – are an essential element of the history of graffiti and street art of the last sixty years, as of the evolution of their art and so of the street art itself. However, to write this “real” story, one must have made an anthropological approach of the graffiti world, on the field work, b...
This review examines Peter Bengtsen's Tracks and Traces, a noteworthy exploration of graffiti writing through visual methods. The book presents a compelling perspective on graffiti as a form of personal expression, delving into its intricate unique details. Bengtsen's work stands out for its exceptional publication quality, for example with pages that unfold for big sized images, providing readers with a visual...