Why can’t our wall paintings last forever?

The creation of identity symbols of street art

  • Alice Nogueira Alves CIEBA/Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25765/sauc.v3i1.58
Keywords: Public Space, Preservation, Authenticity, Graffiti, Cultural Heritage

Abstract

The concept of ephemerality has been used in the last decades as the opposite of memory preservation. In this article, I seek to understand the valorization of street art as cultural heritage, as well as the strategies that have been adopted for its preservation in a non-institutional context.

Published
2017-11-20
How to Cite
Alves, A. (2017). Why can’t our wall paintings last forever?. SAUC - Street Art and Urban Creativity, 3(1), 12 - 19. https://doi.org/10.25765/sauc.v3i1.58
Issue
Vol 3 No 1 (2017): Intangible Heritage
Section
Articles