From Post-Posters to Un gilet

Abstract

In April 2018, Antonio GALLEGO and I met in Strasbourg and talked about the way we felt about spontaneous forms of art in urban space regarding the current social movements and the celebration of May 1968. Most of institutions that have been commemorating May 1968 were evacuating the subversive nature of the collective appropriation of urban space, in favour of an iconic fetishism around L’ATELIER POPULAIRE’s posters. We agreed that the best way to “commemorate” social struggles history was not to get into nostalgic reenactment. But, instead we had to contribute with our means to the actual struggles using forms of creative and collective visual presences, di used in a viral manner during and beyond the demonstrations.