COVID19 & the Public Sphere

Physical responses in Hong Kong and digital responses globally.

Authors

  • Emerson Radisich University of Melbourne, Australia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25765/sauc.v6i1.221

Keywords:

COVID-19, street-art, graffiti, protest, Hong Kong, Occupy Movement, Public Space.

Abstract

This essay examines the multiplicity of graffiti-based reactions to COVID-19 and its resulting lockdown laws. It utilises Jill Bennett’s work, Practical Aesthetics, to examine the continuation of vigilante graffiti in Hong Kong, as well as the rise of digital street-art globally. I argue that the artform’s many responses indicate the elasticity of graffiti in times of crisis. I also discuss the willingness for communities to either adapt or continue their respective practices of ‘mark-making’ in the public place.

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Published

2020-12-30

How to Cite

Radisich, E. (2020). COVID19 & the Public Sphere: Physical responses in Hong Kong and digital responses globally. Street Art & Urban Creativity, 6(1), 76–87. https://doi.org/10.25765/sauc.v6i1.221

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2020): Academic Discipline

Section

Essay

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