El arte urbano como método de concientización del peligro de la manipulación de la pirotecnia en Machala

Abstract

This degree work called "Urban art as a method of awareness of the danger of handling pyrotechnics in Machala", has as its main idea to capture an intervention in a public space in the city of Machala, with the fusion of two fields of art in this case painting and installation where urban art serves as a means of plastic expression approaching from the use of sticker therefore forming part of the street with an expressive scenario complemented with the installation. Throughout history it has been known that art is a communicative medium and it depends on the human being's creativity, on how he wants to project it, therefore, little by little art has been adapting to changes to expand, as a result it detaches itself from what is considered traditional towards new experimentations in the exterior. Urban art is a type of art closely related to the street, where it seeks to meet the objective of attracting the attention of the observer and to normalize this type of proposal in public spaces, which are frequented by society. The works usually contain a message about a social problem or any topic of common interest, since being a freely exposed art is subject to criticism or comments by those who appreciate it. Therefore, it was considered pertinent to work together this art with the installation that, in the same way, provides a change or modification in the place, either with the implementation of external or site-specific elements that allow people to be part of the work in an interactive way so that the artistic production does not go unnoticed. Based on the research of these forms of artistic expression, we work with the theme of the danger of handling pyrotechnics in minors that leads to the risks that bring the use of these explosives, showing that children who have suffered from these accidents, live or go through two scenes: we can say that the first is that they associate it to games without running any danger and the second the other side of the coin, in which they face an emotional breakdown because of the damage caused by its improper use. Finally, this artistic production, upon seeing a social problem such as the use of explosive devices, tends to transmit a message to those who observe it and seeks to generate a reaction or criterion in them, therefore, it makes use of a public space in the city of Machala, where the composition of the proposal is going to be ephemeral because, The intervention as such, will remain for an indefinite period of time in the chosen place, to later disintegrate in the course of time as a consequence of the climatic changes to which it is exposed daily.