In India, various processes have congealed in the last three decades to rid cities of perceived ‘dirt.’ This is seen in state-commissioned urban improvement schemes that claim to instill regional and civic pride, as part of which street artists are instrumentalized within urban beautification and cleanliness drives. Notably,…
The interrogation of the cultural construction and negotiation of legal practices in the conference Law’s Pluralities: Cultures/Narratives/Images/Genders (Giessen, Germany, 2015) offered a stimulating occasion for the presentation of pertinent artistic works. The international artistic positions by Il-Jin Choi, Raul Gschrey, Mi You, and Manu Luksch reflect upon social and legal frameworks, and demonstrate means to visualize phenomena that often remain abstract. The artistic interventions themselves are also productive: through their explorations, contestations, and subversions, they participate in an alternative production of knowledge; they mediate and shape legal practices.