Urban Creativity Conference and Activities 2026 (13th edition)

2ND > 4TH JULY 2026 I FINE ARTS FACULTY MAIN AUDITORIUM

Can graffiti and muralism be considered Intangible Heritage? By fostering a visceral, intuitive bond between the citizen and the city’s physical form, these practices transcend the mere ‘art object.’ Instead, they represent a dynamic, collective process essential to urban vitality.

These practices challenge the Classical Art Canon, demanding a departure from its historically Eurocentric and exclusionary frameworks. Far from signaling the exhaustion of art, graffiti offers a path for renewal through the hybridization of physical surfaces and the moving image. This evolution encompasses not only digital and cinematic narratives within the landscape but also the profound awareness that the images we construct are never static.

The 2026 edition topic of the Urban Creativity Conference + Activities emerges from 3 axes:
– Intagible
– Art Canon
– Moving Image

Program and updates on Urbancreativity.org

Urban Creativity Conference is part of an ongoing research process that in the 2026 edition was developed in collaboration with CIEBA Thematic line in Exploratory Projects and Society / Systemic City – Interdisciplinary Practices group, and ITI-LARSYS, alt.IxD Research Line.

With support from:
FBAUL – Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa (staff and infrastructure).
CIEBA – Centro de Investigação e de Estudos em Belas-Artes.
ITI-LARSYS - GAU-CML 

Parallel activities with:
YYCS and Spray Report