A Brand Argument Driven Through Art and Schematics. Designing New Perspectives to Transform and Empower the Neighborhood

Abstract

The interaction between Art and Branding has occurred in various contexts, for reputation purposes, through all communication media, for the purposes of persuasion, promotion, symbolism or secondary associations, impacting on social and cognitive levels. The scope of this article is to correlate Branding Art and Art Infusion with the spirit of the place, concretely to present a conceptual model which correlates artistic activities developed in a neighborhood with Branding Art and Art Infusion concepts taking into account the reinforcement of the current place brand strategy. The article is based on the literature review and in explanatory Case Study, using results from the project “Re-Habitar el Barrio: Procesos de Transformación y Empoderamiento entre Universidad-Escuela-Sociedad a través de Prácticas Artísticas”. The use of the schemes makes possible to visualize and share abstract concepts and value data in a participatory group way, detecting the best ways to facilitate communication and mediate interaction between people and territory. The results consist of defining a brand argument and defining its conceptual model, making use of the schematics as a way of visualizing abstract concepts.