Dear colleagues The recent Occupy Los Angeles Chalk Walk drew attention to pavement chalking as a form of protest. To date some urban geographers have given attention to graffiti and wall art, but very little, if anything has been written about pavement inscriptions. Horizontal graffiti, on roadways and sidewalks, can include not only protest messages but also, for example, romantic declarations, advertisements, and subversive artworks.
My PhD project deals with pavement graffiti and is based on photographs I have been taking for 13 years. I have just launched the 'creative component' of my project, a website called Pavement Appreciation: www.pavementappreciation.net With apologies for self-promotion, I invite list members to take a look at the site. I also welcome suggestions of any studies you know about that look at the symbolic role of paved surfaces (not just pavement graffiti) in people's imaginations. Thank you for your interest. Megan Hicks PhD candidate Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia Email: [email protected] Pavement Graffiti blog: www.meganix.net/pavement Pavement Appreciation website: www.pavementappreciation.net
