THE RIGHT TO THE SURFACE IS THE RIGHT TO 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.
My project, "Visual governance in the city: rethinking graffiti and public images" won a three-year fellowship awarded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) for research innovation by early career folks.
Melbourne is full of framed bill posters and is arguably the best poster city in the world. How do these street posters work, how are they regulated? And what contributions do they make to the visual character of the city, alongside graffiti and other signage?
Three incredible weeks of fieldwork in Kampala, Uganda, for the Urban visual cultures project.
SABINA ANDRON 