Radical Communications: Rebellious Expressions on Urban Walls

Radical Communications explores unauthorized messages in cities, while Michael Tsangaris examines Athens' political slogans, graffiti, and street art as complex visual signs in an alternative communication system. His analysis reveals the contradictory character of the contemporary city, with social inequalities, cultural diversity, multinational encounters, conflicts, one-dimensional thinking, apathy, and consumer fetishism, but also utopian promise.

Format: Hardback
Length: 182 pages
Publication date: 08 November 2021
Publisher: Lexington Books

Radical Communications delves into the examination of unauthorized messages prevalent in the cities we inhabit, shedding light on their profound impact on the construction of social reality. Michael Tsangaris approaches the city as a rich tapestry of visual signs, exploring the political slogans, graffiti, and street art of Athens as complex expressions within an alternative communication system. He contends that the legitimacy, aesthetic value, and social acceptability of these artistic manifestations hinge on the temporal, spatial, and social context in which they are interpreted. Tsangaris' analysis unveils the multifaceted nature of the contemporary city, revealing a tapestry of social inequalities, cultural diversity, multinational encounters, conflicts between age groups, political, economic, and epidemic crises, as well as one-dimensional thinking, apathy, and consumer fetishism. However, it also highlights the city's yearning for a better society and its utopian potential.

Weight: 481g
Dimension: 227 x 161 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781793608567