Dear friends, we are happy to announce the presentation of our project PRIN-2020 SUPERSTAR Sustainable Preservation Strategies for Street Art scheduled for Tuesday the 12th of April 2022, at 3 PM (CET). We will present the targets, the workplan of the project, and the researchers who will be involved in short presentation. The Principal Investigator Prof. Modugno will moderate the event which will be available in streaming and also recorded and published on the project website.
The project PRIN-2020 SUPERSTAR Sustainable Preservation Strategies for Street Art sets as a goal the definition of innovative guidelines for the preservation strategy of street art, aimed at safeguarding its powerful social and cultural message in the urban context. Street art has been recognized part of our cultural heritage only in the latest years. The ephemeral character, free access, and exposure to the environment and anthropic actions, make public paintings vulnerable to neglect, removal, vandalism, and degradation. Beyond that, the strategies aimed at their preservation and fruition are rather unclear or lacking.
In the project, a combination of non-invasive and micro-invasive techniques will be optimized to shed light on the chemical-physical properties and vulnerability aspects of modern paint materials that constitute street artworks. The studies performed in the laboratory on reference materials will be complemented and supported by research performed on relevant case studies, located in different environmental urban contexts, the focus being on the materials used by the artists and the environmental risks and anthropic stresses.
Thanks to the strong collaboration between the partners with complementary expertise and with conservation institutions, the project will provide the following outputs: optimized innovative cleaning procedures for the restoration of outdoor murals and for the removal of vandalistic graffiti; selected protective coating materials with particular attention to durability aspects; and an integrated protocol for long-term sustainable monitoring and conservation.
The outputs will support institutions and entities engaged in safeguarding public urban art and in establishing preservation guidelines.
The link for the streaming event is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiBJzMxsPfA
Details can be found on the project website and contacts for information requests can be found here
We look forward to seeing you online!
The Superstar Team