TY - JOUR
T1 - The wall is dead, short live graffiti and street art! Graffiti, street art and the Berlin Wall's heritage
AU - Pinto, Sofia
N1 - Funding Information:
I wish to acknowledge the Portuguese funding institution FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia for supporting my research. I am deeply grateful for the support and dedication of Professor Alexandra Lopes.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Urban Creativity.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This article addresses some of the challenges faced by heritagization related to graffiti and street art, namely the changes in context and temporality that this process entails. In order to discuss these issues, I will frame the Berlin Wall as a paradigmatic case that presents a trajectory in time: I will follow the transition of the Wall from a deadly frontier to an obsolete structure and, finally, to a historic monument. I will argue that graffiti and street art are context-specific, and deeply affected by the symbolism and/or functions of the surface on which they are inscribed. Moreover, I will recognize graffiti and street art as practices situated in between tangible and intangible heritage. Particularly with the Berlin Wall, and in regard to the preservation of memory and heritage, I will suggest that graffiti and street art do not always enter the institutional circuit, especially when illegal and anonymous.
AB - This article addresses some of the challenges faced by heritagization related to graffiti and street art, namely the changes in context and temporality that this process entails. In order to discuss these issues, I will frame the Berlin Wall as a paradigmatic case that presents a trajectory in time: I will follow the transition of the Wall from a deadly frontier to an obsolete structure and, finally, to a historic monument. I will argue that graffiti and street art are context-specific, and deeply affected by the symbolism and/or functions of the surface on which they are inscribed. Moreover, I will recognize graffiti and street art as practices situated in between tangible and intangible heritage. Particularly with the Berlin Wall, and in regard to the preservation of memory and heritage, I will suggest that graffiti and street art do not always enter the institutional circuit, especially when illegal and anonymous.
KW - Berlin wall
KW - Context
KW - Graffiti
KW - Heritage
KW - Streetart
KW - Temporality
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85044649605&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.25765/sauc.v3i1.64
DO - 10.25765/sauc.v3i1.64
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85044649605
SN - 2183-3869
VL - 3
SP - 62
EP - 72
JO - Street Art and Urban Creativity
JF - Street Art and Urban Creativity
IS - 1
ER -