Graffiti in the modernist city

Abstract

Graffiti, plastic and visual expression found in streets, walls and viaducts of major cities, faces in Brasília a particular challenge for its execution, revealing other dimensions to the capital, beyond the politic and administrative centrality and monumental architecture. Because it is practiced in the public space, graffiti dialogues directly with the city´s singular architecture, whose specificities reveal unique dynamics for its execution. This article aims to present and analyze graffiti from Brasília as a social representation of the city, revealing territorial questions that permeate the urban imaginary. For this purpose, are noteworthy the graffiti inscriptions in specific places in the Plano Piltoto, such as the “tesourinhas”, viaducts, underground passages and the Via W3, giving new meaning to these places through a creative occupation.