GeoPAINT [LX] Project: GIS of contemporary mural paintings from “MURO_LX” Festival in Lisbon (Portugal)

The GeoPAINT [LX] Project is an academic attempt to document, study and monitor the artistic phenomenon of contemporary mural painting and to be a contribution to the conservation of this type of urban art, like some international projects [1] [2]. Using several features of Geographic Information Systems [3] was possible to produce a georeferenced survey enriched with geo-coordinates of a set of mural paintings. This strategy helps to document and monitor the artworks pieces. It was out in the scope of four Public Art festivals, which occurred in Lisbon, in various communities: Carnide (2016), Marvila (2017), Lumiar (2019), and Parque das Nações (2021). The Lisbon Urban Art Festivals, called MURO_LX, was developed by the Urban Art Gallery (GAU) to promote Urban Art in Lisbon. The festivals have supported creating and producing new works in public space, promoting their national and foreign authors (Figure 1). More than two hundred national and foreign artists were announced in the four editions, producing about one hundred and fifty new urban art pieces [4]. Due to the fact that the number of works carried out in the context of the “Muro_LX” Festival is high, for academic reasons, the study will focus on one of the editions of the event (4th Edition) that took place in the Parque das Nações area. The use of geographic information systems in the project will be essential for locating the works and creating geoinformation about the works (Figure 2). As other projects in architectural studies the project may concern the production of orthophotos of the paintings (Figure 3). The Conservation Project involves the study of some questions related with the painting construction (Figure 4, 5, 6 and 7), interviews of artists, and a survey of technological issues focused on characterizations of base painting, walls, buildings, among other supports. One of the outputs of the GeoPAINT [LX] Project it is begin a creation of a database of artists and your works, for future projects in Conservation and Restoration of Street Art works in the city of Lisbon, with broader spectrum of analysis.