Aug 17 2020 3 mins 1
Project Manager Adrien discusses the shifts in street art, and the lack of subversive approaches in the artistic community. He suggests the mainstream movement is homogenising and instrumentalising street art, and that are shouldn't necessarily be consensual. It should question things. He also reflects that Under Pressure festival itself is lacking criticality, but suggests that there always needs to be a balance Part of 'Crossed Lines' a project by Sam Meech and Marilene Gaudet A series of short audio interviews with people living, working and passing through Montreal's downtown district. Together they paint a complex portrait of the city - overlapping concerns and conflicting perspectives, on everything from art to gentrification, policing to protest, sex to sustainability, and tourism to trade. Une série de courtes entrevues audio avec des personnes habitant, travaillant et passant dans le centre-ville de Montréal. Ensemble, ils peignent un portrait complexe de la ville - préoccupations qui se chevauchent et perspectives contradictoires, sur tout, de l'art à la gentrification, de la police à la protestation, et du tourisme au commerce. website: http://crossedlines.smeech.co.uk/ Part of “On est tous un groupe d’amis ici” (We are all friends here) portfolio.smeech.co.uk/we-are-all-friends-here/
