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Voices in Aerosol
2024
Overview
How a city government in central Mexico evolved from
waging war on graffiti in the early 2000s to sanctioning its
creation a decade later, and how youth navigated these changing
conditions for producing art. The local government,
residents, and media outlets in León, Mexico, treated graffiti as a
disease until the state began sponsoring artistic graffiti through
a program of its own. In Voices in Aerosol , the first
book-length study of state-sponsored graffiti, Caitlin Frances
Bruce considers the changing perceptions and recognition of
graffiti artists, their right to the city, and the use of public
space over the span of eighteen years (2000-2018). Focusing on the
midsized city of León, Bruce offers readers a look at the way
negotiations with the neoliberal state unfolded at different levels
and across decades.
Issues brought to light in this case study, such as graffiti as
a threat and graffiti as a sign of gentrification, resonate
powerfully with those germane to other urban landscapes throughout
the Western Hemisphere and beyond. Combining archival work,
interviews, considerations of urban planning, local politics in
Mexico, and insights gained by observing graffiti events and other
informal artistic encounters, Bruce offers a new lens through which
to understand the interplay between sanctioned and unsanctioned
forms of cultural expression. Ultimately, Voices in
Aerosol builds a strong case for graffiti as a contested tool
for \"voicing\" public demands.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Subject
/ ART / Caribbean & Latin American
/ Art and state-Mexico-León (Guanajuato)
/ Art, Municipal-Mexico-León (Guanajuato)
/ Graffiti
/ Graffiti artists-Mexico-León (Guanajuato)
/ Graffiti-Political aspects-Mexico-León (Guanajuato)
/ Group work in art-Mexico-León (Guanajuato)
/ HISTORY
/ HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico
/ Mexico
/ Public art spaces-Mexico-León (Guanajuato)
/ Rhetoric
/ tagging
ISBN
9781477327678, 1477327673, 9781477327685, 1477327681
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