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Fred Forest, Hygiene of Art: The City Invaded by Blank Space (1973)
This was a performance walking by Fred Forest in the streets of São Paulo, Brazil under the military dictatorship. The artist hired 15 professional sandwich board men to walk with him carrying blank signs. “The goal of this series of provocative actions undertaken under the cover of art was to create symbolic/utopian spaces of popular […]
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Hygiene of Art: The City Invaded by Blank Space
The City Invaded by Blank Space (1973) is a participatory artwork presented at the 12th São Paulo Biennial during Brazil’s military dictatorship. Through blank signs, media interventions, and public actions, it created spaces for free expression, challenged censorship and state control, and culminated in the artist’s arrest, marking a powerful act of political resistance.
Ausfegen (Sweeping Up)
On May 1, 1972, Joseph Beuys and two students swept Karl-Marx-Platz in West Berlin, collecting rubbish from Labor Day demonstrations. The act highlighted social inequalities, embodied his idea of art as social transformation, and reflected his political activism.
