Modes of Collectivity: Essays on Existence for Living Architectures

Abstract

In this text, we propose a reflection on the relationships between urban development, artistic practices, and public space, considering the different forms of appropriation, occupation, and experience of the city of Salvador. Based on the transformations of urban spaces, we question the role traditionally attributed to public art and its relationship with social and territorial dynamics. In this context, artistic practices are understood as experiments that point toward ways of doing, creating confrontations/encounters, and collective constructions—actions capable of re-signifying spaces such as streets, squares, walls, houses, and bars. We thus seek to understand how art can contribute to the production of new forms of sociability, identity, and belonging, thereby participating in the construction and transformation of public space.