Revulsive Art against Touristification

ABSTRACT

The rapid and intense touristification of city centres emerged before the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2. It consolidated itself as a global phenomenon that affected both established and emerging global tourist destinations. Its ramifications managed to disrupt local ecol- ogy and forced the residents to face various challenges such as loss of identity, social inequality and the demographic emptying of urban centres. In this scenario, the subversive potential of the hybrid practices that link art and activism assume its social commitment to the prob- lems and demands arising from an oversized model of tourist travel. This article explores descriptive case studies that, in their respective transcultural spaces of production, share a common critical perspective on the resulting tourism model. Specifically, the profiles and sen- sitizing reflections of Left Hand Rotation in Lisbon, Banksy in Venice and Alejandro Villen in Malaga are examined, as well as the collective exhibition Alicantropo in Alicante.<br />responsibility.