Participatory graffiti as invitational rhetoric: The case of o machismo

Abstract:

This article engages the Brazilian O Machismo graffiti project as an example of invitational visual rhetoric. Although most understandings of graffiti as communication consider it to be a persuasive artistic form, O Machismo invites viewers to respond to its invitation to help complete the art project and collectively share in co-creating its message. Through an examination of the responses to the invitation that emerge to resist machismo and promote non-patriarchal understandings, the article offers some ideas about how an invitational visual rhetoric expands our previous understandings of graffiti.

Año de publicación:

2017

Keywords:

• Brazil
• Graffiti
• Machismo
• RIO DE JANEIRO
• Invitational rhetoric

Fuente:

scopus