Bienvenidos Dystopia
A black and white poster with a collage of images showing natural disasters/police brutality/Covid-19/smiling white newscasters accompanied by text reading "Bienvenidos Dystopia/In the United States of America in the Future..."
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Photographer: Barb Quade-Harrick
Minnesota
UAM-GF_0019
3820 E. Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Wash Your Hands / R.I.P. George
A small flyer from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) reads "Wash Your Hands" in bold red font. The text is surrounded by translations of the sentence in black font in Swahili, German, French, Khmer, Laotian, Oromo, Somali, Hebrew, Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese (Mandarin), Ojibwe, KaRen, Nepali, Korean, Hindi, and Russian.
The flyer at first glance appears to have fallen by mistake, but is now part of the memorial composed by the public in tribute to George Floyd at the intersection that he was murdered at outside of Cup Foods in South Minneapolis. The memorial includes objects such as flowers, stuffed animals, seashells, handmade crafts, handwritten notes, and potted plants.
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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F.S.
Photography by Evy Envgrav
3800 Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407
Black Lives Matter
In the mural, a Black health care professional wears a blue mask on as well as her blue scrubs. The woman has her eyes closed and has her hair up. Her hair has white roses in it along with blue flowers and roots. On her chest is a human heart that has "Black Lives Matter" on it in white. The figure is set against a cream background.
Blanco
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/slideshow/Coronavirus-inspired-art-murals-pop-up-around-201543.php
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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TB
Creator: Blanco
Photographer: Taylor Buehler
UAM-GF_2534
1503 Chartres St, Houston, TX, USA
You Can Wash Away the Virus But You Can Never Wash Away the Shame | Labor Camp Report June 6, 2020 / 1,976,515
A black and white print with text reading "You can wash away the virus but you can never wash away the shame | Covid-19 Labor Camp Report June 6 ,2020 / 1,976,515." Imagery includes a close up of hand washing, a public, state-sanctioned lynching, and a white hand with a club. This references the dual pandemic of Covid-19 and systemic racism. There is additional graffiti and tagging on this wall. Tagging touches the bottom border of the print, indicating that the wall was tagged after the print was pasted up.
Labor Camp | Piotr Szyhalski
Original work posted on the artist's<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBGswuzHT6c/"> Instagram.</a>
Urban Art Mapping
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Artist: Labor Camp | Piotr Szyhalski
Photographer: Sally Pemberton
UAM-GF_2743
Lake Street and West River Parkway, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Woman wearing mask while showing BLM and Defund the Police messaging
This work of art was photographed in George Floyd Square and has been taped up to a defunct bus stop in the square. It features a young Black woman with braids. The figure wears a mask and the words "Black Lives Matter" above and "Defund the Police" below. This was photographed at a time when a city-wide mask mandate was recently reinstated.
Urban Art Mapping
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Photographer: Ellie Patronas
UAM-GF_3051
Chicago Ave & E 38th St Minneapolis, MN, Unites States
"Protect Each Other | Justice 4 Floyd" Poster
A poster on street sign approaching George Floyd Square. There is a masked figure along with text. The poster reads "Protect Each Other. Justice4Floyd. Masks Help Us All."
Urban Art Mapping
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EP
Photographer: Ellie Patronas
UAM-GF_3059
George Floyd Square
BLM Memorial Fence with Trump mask and BLM messages
Documentation of the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence in Washington D. C. including posters showing a fist of power, an image of Trayvon Martin accompanied by his name, an image of Dominique Clayton with her name and text reading "protect black women', a poster reading "Defund the police Defend Black lives," and a giant three dimensional blue surgical face mask reading "Trump is a Covid and Climate Denier"
Urban Art Mapping
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Photographer: Nadine Seiler
Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Washington, D. C., USA
#Todos Pelas Vacinas Street Mural, São Paulo, BR
#TODOSPELASVACINAS ("Vaccines for All") is painted in black on the pavement.
The mural brought together the Verified Campaign, the United Nations Information Center for Brazil, Unic-Rio, and thousands of members of samba schools to paint.
Nos Artivistas
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Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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LA
Artist: Nos Artivistas
Photographer: Fabio Bardella & André Micheles
UAM-GF_3524
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Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 25 August 2020
<span>Protest signs and posters on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, located on the north side of Lafayette Park in Washington D.C.<br /><br />A large surgical mask on the fence reads "TRUMP IS A COVID & CLIMATE DENIER CLIMATE POWER 2020." Another sign reads "JACOB BLAKE IS STILL ALIVE HIS LIVE NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN DANGER."</span>
<span>The Black Lives Matter Memorial fence was a temporary chainlink fence installed in the area north of Lafayette Park and the White House from June 2, 2020, until January 30, 2021. The fence prevented public access to the area, and it also served as an important site of protest and self-expression. </span><br /><br /><span>Activist Nadine Seiler played a crucial role in protecting and caring for the fence, along with Karen Irwin and other activists in a loosely-formed group informally known as the "Guardians of the Fence." Nadine Seiler and Aliza Leventhal systematically documented the fence over the course of months, and Seiler became the de facto curator of the fence. </span><br /><br /><span>Additional information: </span><br /><br /><span>Library of Congress blog post </span><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2022/01/protest-preserved-signs-from-d-c-s-black-lives-matter-fence/">"Protest Preserved: Signs from D.C.'s Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence" </a><br /><br /><span>D.C. Public Library </span><a href="https://digdc.dclibrary.org/islandora/object/dcplislandora%3A337948">Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence Artifact Collection</a>
Urban Art Mapping
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Photographer: Aliza Leventhal
H Street NW and 16th Street NW, Washington, DC, USA
Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 12 October 2020
Protest signs and posters on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, located on the north side of Lafayette Park in Washington D.C.
There is a landscape shot of the fence with the Washington Monument in the background.
There is a pink poster with blue writing that reads “I will make the world better for my children” then in the bottom written additionally reads “Yes Yes Yes!”
Above this is a sticker that looks like the American flag and reads “Fight for an America where: Black Lives Matter; No Human is Illegal; Justice is Blind; Everyone is an Anti0Fascist & We Don’t Cage Kids; Voting is a Right and The Mail Isn’t Political’ Love is Love; Science is Real; Racism is Wrong; Defend America = Protesting is Patriotism”
A poster reads “Black Trans Lives Matter” which is over the colors of a trans flag which are blue, pink, and white. Then a small piece of black fabric reads “Every Black Life Matters www.everyBLM.org” There is a picture of Jacqueline Salyers and it reads “Rest in Power”
A purple poster that reads “No Justice No Peace” has writing all over it as additions to the original poster. There are writings that read “Justice & Peace” “What we ask the universe we shall receive” “We need” and “Ask for” have both been circles and there are arrows drawn to point to the words “Justice” and “Peace”
There is a wet cardboard poster that reads “Real eyes Realize Real lies” and in blue on the same poster reads “Vote Him Out” and at the bottom reads “#Vote4Corona2020DrainTHEswamp.”
Another poster reads “All Black Lives Matter” which is written multiple times at the top and then in large letters reads “BLACK” and there are different ‘categories’ next to it to read “Black Trans; Black Women; Black Queer; Black Disabled; Black Lives Matter” And at the bottom of the poster reads “White Silence is violence!” With “is” painted red.
The Black Lives Matter Memorial fence was a temporary chainlink fence installed in the area north of Lafayette Park and the White House from June 2, 2020, until January 30, 2021. The fence prevented public access to the area, and it also served as an important site of protest and self-expression.
Activist Nadine Seiler played a crucial role in protecting and caring for the fence, along with Karen Irwin and other activists in a loosely-formed group informally known as the "Guardians of the Fence." Nadine Seiler and Aliza Leventhal systematically documented the fence over the course of months, and Seiler became the de facto curator of the fence.
Additional information:
Library of Congress blog post "Protest Preserved: Signs from D.C.'s Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence"
D.C. Public Library Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence Artifact Collection”
Urban Art Mapping
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Photographer: Aliza Leventhal
H Street NW and 16th Street NW, Washington, D.C., USA