Urban Art as Visual Noise in Bogotá
Caitlin Bruce
Caitlin Bruce reports on urban art and social movements in Bogotá.
Global Public Art
Hemispheric Conversations Urban Art Project: Celebrating Histories of Industrial Labor and Potential Futures of Ecological Abundance
Caitlin Bruce
In this issue's Global Public Art column, Caitlin Bruce discusses her Hemispheric Conversations Urban Art Project, which connects post-industrial cities across the US/Mexico border and offers new ways of producing and engaging graffiti and mural-making.
“Lo Internacional”: The International as Horizon for Legal Graffiti in Mexico
Caitlin Bruce
Caitlin Bruce examines the graffiti practices of a legal graffiti program in León, a city in central Mexico. Through her discussion of recent civic events, policies, celebrations, and news coverage dedicated to the program, Bruce shows how the international is a horizon of possibility, but also a looming constraint for the practice of public art.
Ser Humano/Ser Urbano: How Urban Art in Mexico Became a Carrier for So-Called Universal Values
Caitlin Bruce
In the first of her series of posts on transnational public art movements, Caitlin Bruce explores tensions around the relationship between urban identity and street art in Mexico.