Abstract With the continuous development of society and cities, people’s demand for urban public space is constantly changing, methods renewal are becoming more diverse. As a flexible strategy, street art activities can not only partially update space, increase vitality but also improve quality meet needs. This paper first discusses concepts types clarifies scope research, Then, through analysi...

This paper aims to extend dark tourism scholarship concerned with existential aspects of the human nature and power ‘dark places’ provoke our thinking about meaning purpose existence. Our main focus is on artistic expressions in form murals that have emerged years following nuclear disaster Chernobyl, questioning significance meanings they for Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, context tourists' percept...

As public visualization is receiving more attention in academic research as well as in everyday practice we need to consider the physical environment as an important intrinsic component of its design. We propose that one should not disconnect a public visualization from the context in which it is read, as its immediate environment carries various meanings that influence its perception and inter...

This study examines how social cohesion is built through exchange of urban art. Graffiti and street art are treated like dirt and washed away. Unsanctioned art is often perceived as alien to museums and private homes. Despite this, many graffiti and street artists produce art in studios that are sold in galleries as urban art. Through ethnographic tools and site visits to homes of collectors in...