Even though I dragged this journaling activity over and over, way beyond its original schedule, I will try to bring together some of the ideas and inspiring thoughts that this whole process gave me. In the first post I uploaded I recalled memories from my childhood that I did not think I would have ever …
Monthly Archives: November 2020
Wall painting in Via del Pratello: the conflict over ideas of beauty and use of public space
Graffiti is by now broadly considered to be a legitimate form of art and it has gained increasing recognition from official art institutions such as museums. Urban wall painting, however, emerged as an illegal practice that is accessible to anyone who can source the necessary materials and tools. The acknowledgement of graffiti as art is …
(Counter)mapping of CCTV and hostile architectures – Via del Pratello
I decided to carry out the countermapping exercise by taking inspiration from a very compelling passage found in one of the introductory contributions to the book “This is not an atlas“ by Kollektiv Orangotango+. In the conclusion of his chapter “Counter-Cartographies: Politics, Art and the Insurrection of Maps” André Mesquita tries to unpack the issue …
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Collage, an attempt of…
During an August week, just before Piazza San Francesco was closed due to Covid related restrictions, I spent several hours sitting and walking around the main public square in the Pratello neighbourhood. During this time I took photos, videos and audio recordings of what happened around me. I did so trying to de-familiarize myself from …