Hemispheric Conversations: Exploring Links between Past and Present, Industrial and Post-Industrial through Site-Specific Graffitti Practice at the Carrie Furnaces

Authors

  • Caitlin Frances Bruce University of Pittsburgh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/contemp.2018.236

Keywords:

Graffiti, Industrial History, Public Memory, Pittsburgh

Abstract

In this article, I briefly discuss a project I co-organized this year in collaboration with Oreen Cohen, Shane Pilster, Rivers of Steel, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts, and the American Studies Association. Named “Hemispheric Conversations: Urban Art Project” we used international collaboration between artists in Chicago, Pittsburgh, and León Guanajuato Mexico as a platform for conversation about how to reimagine our shared urban spaces. In a political moment that might be a cause for despair, collaborative art practice in urban space can serve as one vehicle to reignite our shared sense of possibility and energy.

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Published

2018-10-30

How to Cite

Bruce, C. F. (2018). Hemispheric Conversations: Exploring Links between Past and Present, Industrial and Post-Industrial through Site-Specific Graffitti Practice at the Carrie Furnaces. Contemporaneity: Historical Presence in Visual Culture, 7, 17–26. https://doi.org/10.5195/contemp.2018.236