Nuart Journal – Number 8

Nuart Journal – INTANGIBLE

Within the last years the Nuart Journal established itself as the leading publication for critical commentary on urban art, street art and graffiti. It includes traditional peer-reviewed academic papers as well as more experimental modes of research. It is a site for scholars, artists, curators and independent researchers to publish articles, conversations, reviews, projects and opinion pieces on street art and related topics.

Nuart Journal’s new INTANGIBLE issue contains:

I. In conversation

• John Fekner – On Art and Music: ‘Musicians were painting… Watch the street.’
• Ulrich Blanché – Tracing the Overlooked Origins of Street Art and Graffiti
• Martha Cooper – The Role of Documentary Photography in the Heritage of Graffiti and Street Art

II. Visual Essays

• Daniël de Jongh – Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
• Rubí Celia Ramírez Núñez – Oral Tradition and Heritage in the Practice of Graffiti and Street Art in Mexico City
• Isabel Carrasco Castro – MÃE, MÃO – A Case of Outsider Graffiti in Monchique, Portugal

III. Book Forum

• Sabina Andron, Katelyn Kelly, Heather Shirey & Julia Tulke – Urban Surfaces, Graffiti, and the Right to the City

IV. Reviews

• Andrea Mubi Brighenti – Tracks and Traces: Exploring the World of Graffiti Writing through Visual Methods
• Daniël de Jongh – Repainting Subway Art – ‘A Reincarnation of the Bible of Graffiti in Slow Motion’

V. In Memoriam

• Maëlle Karl – Anderson ‘Rato’ Nascimento – Pixador from Rio de Janeiro (1991-2024)

VI. Keynote

• Erik Hannerz – FAME! The Totemetic Principle In Subcultural Graffiti

VII. Keynote

• Mathieu Tremblin – The Actumentary: from Documented Action to Action-Documentary

120 pages, 21 x 28 cm, Softcover
Editors: Martyn Reed, Susan Hansen
Language: English
Release date: October 2024
Publisher: Nuart Journal