Abstract
Taking São Paulo as its territory of enquiry, the paper discusses two collective projects from the last ten years: Lanchonete.org (2014-) and Galeria Reocupa (2018-). Through a comparative approach, the projects’ deployed creative strategies and their programmes will be analysed with a special focus on their potential to lead to the development of a sense of place within urban areas characterised by neoliberal urbanism and the depletion of public space. Localised in São Paulo’s city centre, the projects develop between art and activism, grounding their ideas on urgent housing and food security issues, thus leading to a renewed conversation about the right to the city (Lefebvre) and further highlighting a present-day urban dispute that is not only about space, but about narrative (Said). As such, the paper analyses both projects’ particular ways of collectively organising cultural infrastructure in the city and encourages thinking about the different ways in which artists can be allies by speaking directly to an increasingly tense urban environment.
Presenters
Sofia SteinvorthPhD Student in Artistic Studies, Art History, Universidade NOVA , Aveiro, Portugal
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
The Arts in Social, Political, and Community Life
KEYWORDS
Socio Spatial Practice, Neoliberal, Urbanism, Territory, Subjectivity, Collectives, Infrastructure
