Urban Visual Dialogues 3: Graffiti, posters, and visual governance in the city

The Urban Visual Dialogues series is going out with a bang for 2025, with a panel on visual governance which includes artists, activists, buffers, academics, and municipal managers.

Join us for presentations and a panel discussion with makers and managers of public images, and learn about the interesting roles these play in the visual culture of cities.

I will moderate a panel with:

  • Kyle Magee, anti-advertising activist
  • Prof Kurt Iveson, urban geographer working on urban spaces as public media
  • Jo Mair, Creative Urban Places Programme Lead at the City of Melbourne
  • Greg Ireland, Founder of Graffiti Removal Chemicals
  • Manda Lane, botanical artist

🗓️ Thursday 4 December 2025
🕓 4-6pm
📌 Room G26, Biosciences 1 (Building 123), University of Melbourne Parkville Campus

Register here ➡️ https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/urban-visual-dialogues-graffiti-posters-and-visual-governance-in-the-city-tickets-1849541992889?aff=oddtdtcreator

This is the concluding event of the Urban Surfaces project workshop “Graffiti, Posters, and Visual Governance in the City”, funded by an Urban Studies Foundation seminar series award.

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