Street Art: Dialogues between artistic practices and the community

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https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2025-578

Keywords:

Street Art, Vhils, Faces, City, Community, Artistic Practices, Community-Based Art, Memories

Abstract

Introduction: The text focuses on a series of projects developed by Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto, aka Vhils, which involved local communities in collaborative artistic practices. Methodology: The artistic practices analysed are part of the methodology known as community-based art. The data was analysed by observing these projects and interviewing the artist. Results: Taking two of Vhils's projects that involved community participation as a starting point, we analysed them based on the documents collected, namely videos, photographs and interviews. Discussion: The visual and discursive dimensions of these projects and the information gathered from the artist who mediated this whole process allowed us to access a set of meanings that crossed artistic, social and political domains. Conclusions: The articulation of these domains in the context of artistic processes that require community participation allows their impact to be significantly amplified, since it promotes greater engagement, empowerment and social cohesion in that community.

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Author Biography

Joana Gaudêncio Matos, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal

Joana Gaudêncio Matos, PhD in Fine Arts from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon; Master's and Licentiate in Teaching Visual and Technological Education from the School of Education of the Polytechnic of Setúbal. As a researcher, she has published in the areas of Visual Arts and Art Education, fields in which she has developed practical and theoretical action. As a teacher, researcher and visual artist, she has organised various research projects involving different areas of knowledge. In the field of photography and street art, she has developed collaborative projects with different communities. She is currently a lecturer at the Setúbal’s and the Lisbon’s Polytechnic Universitys of Education.

 

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Published

2024-08-26

How to Cite

Gaudêncio Matos, J. (2024). Street Art: Dialogues between artistic practices and the community. European Public & Social Innovation Review, 10, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2025-578

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Vol. 10 (2025)

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Humanism and Social Sciences

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