Street art assemblages

Pennycook, A

Street art assemblages

Pennycook, A

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Publisher:: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Social Semiotics, 2022, 32, (4), pp. 563-576
Issue Date:: 2022-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Pennycook, A https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4656-6187
dc.date.accessioned	2023-06-19T20:47:07Z
dc.date.available	2023-06-19T20:47:07Z
dc.date.issued	2022-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Social Semiotics, 2022, 32, (4), pp. 563-576
dc.identifier.issn	1035-0330
dc.identifier.issn	1470-1219
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/170799
dc.description.abstract	This discussion paper explores street art from the point of view of assemblages: What different elements and artefacts converge to give meaning and politics to art works? How do we understand the interactions of artworks, streets, viewers, politics, and discourse that render a work of art a happening rather than an object? Processes of artification depend on material, contextual and symbolic relations that bring together style, place, artists, viewers, city tours and city ordinances into a semiotic assemblage of art in the street. To arrive at a critical understanding of street art, we need to avoid assumptions about transgression, complicity, gentrification, or commodification, and focus instead on assemblages of art, viewers, and economic, political, and urban interests in specific locations. The question is how different elements–ownership and rights to space, capitalist expansion and appropriation, rebellion, and transgression–become entangled in semiotic assemblages that enable us to see the interactions of street art dynamics.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
dc.relation.ispartof	Social Semiotics
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/10350330.2022.2114731
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	2001 Communication and Media Studies, 2002 Cultural Studies, 2099 Other Language, Communication and Culture
dc.title	Street art assemblages
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	32
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utslib.for	2002 Cultural Studies
utslib.for	2099 Other Language, Communication and Culture
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/FASS Faculty Administration
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dc.date.updated	2023-06-19T20:47:05Z
pubs.issue	4
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	32
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Abstract:

This discussion paper explores street art from the point of view of assemblages: What different elements and artefacts converge to give meaning and politics to art works? How do we understand the interactions of artworks, streets, viewers, politics, and discourse that render a work of art a happening rather than an object? Processes of artification depend on material, contextual and symbolic relations that bring together style, place, artists, viewers, city tours and city ordinances into a semiotic assemblage of art in the street. To arrive at a critical understanding of street art, we need to avoid assumptions about transgression, complicity, gentrification, or commodification, and focus instead on assemblages of art, viewers, and economic, political, and urban interests in specific locations. The question is how different elements–ownership and rights to space, capitalist expansion and appropriation, rebellion, and transgression–become entangled in semiotic assemblages that enable us to see the interactions of street art dynamics.

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