- Latin American Studies, Graffiti, Street Art, São Paulo (Brazil), Santiago de Chile, Art in public space, and 13 moreYouth Subcultures, Urban Sociology, Ethnography of urban spaces, Graffiti, Street Art and Writing, Visual Sociology, Urban Art, Contemporary Graffiti, Visual Anthropology, Urban Graffiti, Grafite, Latin American Art, Youth Studies, and LIMA PERUedit
- I am a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow pursuing a project on 'New Muralism and the Politics of Erasure: A Study of Pub... moreI am a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow pursuing a project on 'New Muralism and the Politics of Erasure: A Study of Public Culture in Peru', based at the Latin America and Caribbean Centre of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
My research examines graffiti art, youth cultures, and their relation to transformations of public life and urban space in contemporary South American cities.
I received my PhD from the Centre of Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge, and I am an Associate Research Fellow of the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) in the School of Advanced Study, University of London.
As an urban ethnographer, I am involved in long-term ethnographic research on graffiti art in the cities of São Paulo, Brazil and Santiago, Chile. Prior to this, I conducted shorter periods of fieldwork on street art in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and on the social impact of drought in Canindé in the Brazilian northeast. My current research centres on graffiti muralism and cultural politics in Lima, Peru.edit
On January 18, 2011, the Museo Arte de Luz opened along Santiago's Mapocho River. Developed by artist Catalina Rojas and the Santiago municipal government to mark Chile's 2010 bicentenary, the light-art museum proposed to revitalize the... more
On January 18, 2011, the Museo Arte de Luz opened along Santiago's Mapocho River. Developed by artist Catalina Rojas and the Santiago municipal government to mark Chile's 2010 bicentenary, the light-art museum proposed to revitalize the river as a public space by converging heritage, contemporary art, and citizenship. Yet controversy lurked behind the newly gleaming lights: museum preparations included the erasure of several large graffiti murals painted along the canal walls. This article examines how the installation of the Museo Arte de Luz systematically removed graffiti muralism from the Mapocho River, drawing out deeper cultural tensions entangled in this aesthetic dispute. It analyses three interconnected discourses about the museum's desired impact on the river — environmental regeneration, historical restoration, and symbolic recuperation — to illustrate how the erasure corresponds to official narratives of renewal. Ultimately, through its contradictions, this public art replacement raises important questions about public authority and cultural value in Chile.
Research Interests: Latin American Studies, Cultural Heritage, Public Art, Latin American Art, Chile, and 14 moreStreet Art, Intangible Cultural Heritage (Culture), Contemporary Graffiti, Graffiti, Contemporary Latin American Art, Arte Y Esfera Pública, Art in public space, Mural painting, Graffiti, Street Art and Writing, Santiago de Chile, Pintura mural, Chilean art production, Art in Public Spaces, and Erasure In Art
Commentary about the controversial graffiti removal that took place along São Paulo’s Avenida 23 de Maio in January 2017 as part of mayor João Doria’s “Beautiful City” policy. Comentário sobre o apagamento de graffiti na Avenida 23 de... more
Commentary about the controversial graffiti removal that took place along São Paulo’s Avenida 23 de Maio in January 2017 as part of mayor João Doria’s “Beautiful City” policy.
Comentário sobre o apagamento de graffiti na Avenida 23 de Maio em São Paulo que aconteceu em janeiro 2017 como parte da iniciativa “Cidade Linda” pelo prefeito João Doria.
Published on LSE Latin America and Caribbean Blog, 20 April 2017:
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/latamcaribbean/2017/04/20/graffiti-vs-the-beautiful-city-urban-policy-and-artistic-resistance-in-sao-paulo/
Comentário sobre o apagamento de graffiti na Avenida 23 de Maio em São Paulo que aconteceu em janeiro 2017 como parte da iniciativa “Cidade Linda” pelo prefeito João Doria.
Published on LSE Latin America and Caribbean Blog, 20 April 2017:
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/latamcaribbean/2017/04/20/graffiti-vs-the-beautiful-city-urban-policy-and-artistic-resistance-in-sao-paulo/
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Book chapter, in: Carles Feixa and Patricia Oliart (eds). 2016. Juvenopedia: Mapeo de las juventudes Iberoamericanas. Barcelona: Ned Ediciones.
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Book chapter, in: Geoffrey Kantaris and Rory O’Bryen (eds). 2013. Latin American Popular Culture: Politics, Media, Affect. London: Boydell & Brewer. (p. 187-206)
Research Interests: Latin American Art, Environmental Art, Street Art, Urban Graffiti, Contemporary Graffiti, and 15 moreGraffiti, Public Space, Urban Public Open Space, São Paulo (Brazil), Brazilian Art, Art in public space, Graffiti, Street Art and Writing, Grafite, Street Art and Graffiti, Art and Recycling, Reverse Graffiti, Projeto Imargem, Alexandre Orion, 6emeia, and Mundano
Film review, in: Natália Pinazza and Louis Bayman (eds). 2013. Directory of World Cinema: Brazil. Bristol: Intellect. (p. 108-109)
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Case study, in: Helmut K. Anheier, Yudhishthir Raj Isar, and Dacia Viejo-Rose (eds). 2011. Heritage, Memory and Identity: The Cultures and Globalization Series, vol. 4. London: SAGE Publications. (p. 202-204)
Research Interests: Public Art, Latin American Art, Argentina, Collective Memory, Contemporary Latin American Art, and 8 moreChe Guevara, Memorials and the Memorial Art-Work in the Public Arena, Participatory and Relational Arts, Art in public space, Public Monuments, Collaborative and Participatory Arts, Andrés Zerneri, and Monumento al Che
Book chapter, in: Renzo Taddei and Ana Laura Gamboggi (eds). 2010. Depois que a chuva não veio: respostas sociais às secas no Nordeste, na Amazônia, e no Sul do Brasil. Fortaleza: FUNCEME/CIFAS.
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Introduction to a visual collection of Argentine stencils (Spanish and English), in: Guido Indij. 2007. 1000 Stencil, Argentina Graffiti. Buenos Aires: La Marca Editora. (p. 11-14; 232-236)