Street art, heritage and embodiment
Laima Nomeikaite
Department of Heritage and Society, Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research Postboks 736, Sentrum, N-0105 Oslo, Norway
laima.nomeikaite@niku.no Abstract
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intangible heritage or people and object, but instead represents an inseparable relationship of the two. This study calls for greater engagement with more-than-representational approaches in studying the relationship between street art and heritage.
More-than-representational approaches address street art’s crucial relationships with everyday life and change, as well as its
situating the concept of embodiment within the case of Bergen, Norway, the paper provides an example of how the reasons and meanings behind the preservation of street artworks can be captured within a local context.
Keywords:
1. Introduction
art, it has shown that the tangible and intangible heritage
2. From conventional to more-than-representational approaches to heritage
3. Embodiment, street art and everyday heritage
What Do You See in
What Do You See, and this
What Do You See
Fig. 1. Argus “Otto” stencil. Source: Permission obtained from Walter Wehus/ Motveggen.com
Empty Nursery Blue
4. Embodiment and the meaning of the preservation of Argus street artworks in Bergen
destination attracting international and national artists and
Otto and Smiley stencil
Otto and Smiley
Otto
of Smiley Smiley
Bergens Tidende Smiley
Bergens
Tidende Bergens
Tidende
Otto and Smiley
Smiley Otto
Otto Smiley
4.1 Affective bodies
Otto Smiley
Bergens Tidende
Fig. 2. Argus “Smiley” stencil. Source: Permission obtained from Argus/argusgate.wordpress.com.
Skarpaas Karlsen
5. Conclusion
Otto, Smiley and What Do You See
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