TERRITÓRIOS VERTICAIS: GRAFISMOS URBANOS NO HIPERCENTRO DE BELO HORIZONTE

Abstract

The present study deals with the appropriation and re-signification of the Hypercenter of Belo Horizonte by street artists. The cataloging of the urban graphics was carried out in three moments (2011, 2015 and 2017), searching for more predominant forms of styles, modes of application, besides the predominant position of urban graphics in the buildings and in the urban landscape. Data gathered in the field were subjected to spatial and statistical analyses. The results of this work confirm the transient nature of Belo Horizonte’s Hypercenter landscape and its character, where hegemonic and hegemonized actors compete for the dominance over walls, facades, monuments, viaducts and urban equipment, generating horizontal and vertical territorialities.