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The English street artist known as Banksy has in recent years become an important figure in the contemporary art world, garnering both critical acclaim and commercial success with his work. The “Banksy effect” is a term coined to describe the increased interest in street art that has emerged in the wake of Banksy’s popularity. Although the Banksy effect is not universally applauded, it offers a useful lens through which to consider the emergence of street art as a means of popular expression in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This paper considers three places in which street art has been intentionally deployed as a vehicle of political protest or as a means to generate tourism in the face of political unrest: street art in the Palestinian territories; street art in Egypt, particularly Cairo; and the Djerbahood project in Tunisia. A brief discussion of the way in which street art is created and received in each particular area is provided, followed by some observations on how the Banksy effect may be at play in that particular context. The paper concludes that the idea of the Banksy effect has relevance in discussions of street art in the MENA region and that both the positive and negative aspects of the Banksy effect are seen in the region.
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The Egyptian revolution of 2011 produced a massive transformation in the perception of urban space and the interrelated dynamic of people, their bodies, and the language within that space. Cultural expressions such as caricature galleries, makeshift exhibitions, chants, poetry readings, and memorial spaces defined the square as a place where activism and art intersected weaving a lyrical tapestry of the revolution. The most prominent of these expressions was the street art of the revolution where the act of painting on walls re-territorialized the city making it the revolution’s barometer by registering the shifting political discourses as they unfolded. Documenting and preserving these visual expressions was the driving force behind a three-year book project, entitled Walls of Freedom: Street Art of the Egyptian Revolution, which narrates the revolution through striking images of the art that transformed Egypt’s walls into a visual testimony of bravery and resistance. This article will serve to offer a detailed analysis of the methodologies and tools used in creating the book as well as managing, financing, and collecting all of its necessary components. Primarily focused on qualitative visual research methodologies, the book is layered into three components or levels: one level is a visual journey of the revolution through a chronological image-timeline. The categorization and indexing of images by artist, photographer, date and translation was an important function allowing quick access to images visually placing them in a larger continuum. The second level is a reference-based timeline of events where a connection between the art and the historical/political events is presented. The third level involves the essays and analysis supplementing the timeline with historical implications, political and social contexts and personal voices collected from artists and activists.
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Der Konzeptkünstler Alexis Dworsky und der Tonkünstler sowie DJ Sebastian „Sepalot” Weiss-Laughton präsentieren am 10.Oktober 2015 zusammen mit Graffitikünstler Loomit und im Rahmen von ‚Was geht? Kunst und Inklusion‘ den synästhetischen Event “Blind Style”. Eine Tonmalerei, bei der Graffiti und ‘Tags’ in eine mit den Fingern fühlbare Braille-Schrift (Blindenschrift) übersetzt und von Sepalot vertont werden. “Für sehbehinderte Menschen gibt es zahlreiche Hilfsmittel, um den Alltag zu meistern: klickende Ampeln, taktile Leitsysteme am Boden von Bahnhöfen, mit den Fingern tastbare Hinweise auf Medikamentenpackungen etc. Unsere Alltagswelt ist aber von ganz anderen, visuellen Kulturphänomenen geprägt, die den Blinden in aller Regel gänzlich verborgen bleiben, etwa architektonisch gestaltete Hausfassaden, bunte Werbeflächen und Graffiti. Hier wird Graffiti für Blinde erfahrbar gemacht. Dabei geht es nicht um besonders gelungene, bekannte Werke wie die des britischen Künstlers Banksy. Auch die vermeintlich belanglose Schmiererei an der Toilettenwand, das eilig gesprühte ‚Tag‘ an der Hausecke und das halbfertige ‚Throw-Up‘ an der Bahnbrücke gibt es nun mal. Und Inklusion bedeutet eben auch, nichts niemandem vorzuenthalten. Solche Graffitis werden für Blinde in die Braille-Schrift übersetzt – in Originalgröße!”
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