The discussions around admissible visuality in public spaces acted as reminders of how images get policed in some forms but commodified in others.
Images have the power to ignite political passions and seeing involves relations of power. Sexually explicit and violent murals that appeared on the streets of Brussels since 2016 acted as an anchor point to unearth discussions online and offline among officials and internet users.
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The way these discussions unfolded posed questions about how broader social formations shape what we see, what we are allowed to see and where we are allowed to see them
The story of explicit and violent reminds us about how seeing is always contextual, and the fact that seeing is often politically charged and ideologically animated.
Photo credit: The Creators Project - Theatrical Projection mapping- Vice