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Street Arts in Europe and their Audiences

Summary/Abstract: We cannot look at street arts audiences in Europe outside a more general framework. The diversification of audiences for culture and the possibility of reaching ‘disadvantaged’ audiences are two challenges that face a Europe of culture in its entirety. Since the main way of promoting street arts in Europe at this point remains through festivals, street arts audiences today are mainly festival-goers. Presenting artistic events in an outdoor environment, with free and open access, has a strong impact on attendance. Although we cannot state that the street arts public, as reflected by the available surveys, is a popular public, we can still assert that it tends to be so and, without oversimplifying, that it manages to attract population groups not found at other events. +e heterogeneous nature of street arts audiences attracts composite audiences with a variety of cultural practices and attitudes. Spectators used to the code of the indoor performance are found side by side with fans solely of street arts and with new spectators.

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