Kaiqi Feng

Visual Branding and the Politics of Gentrification: Barcelona through Three Urban Mirrors

When I first arrived in Barcelona, the city seemed unusually aware of its own image. Its pavements, façades, monuments, shopfronts, housing photographs, and museum narratives form a visual system that makes the city easy to recognise and consume. This essay asks what that system...

Visual Branding and the Politics of Gentrification: Barcelona through Three Urban Mirrors

When I first arrived in Barcelona, the city seemed unusually aware of its own image. Its pavements, façades, monuments, shopfronts, housing photographs, and museum narratives form a visual system that makes the city easy to recognise and consume. This essay asks what that system...