Value and Potential of Street Performance Inside Urban Development: The Case of Portugal and the City of Porto

Abstract

Street Performance is an every-day activity developed by several artists, mostly in big cities around the world. In Portugal, specifically, this kind of activity is regarded with low value and interest, even though, in recent years, some events concerning street performance have arisen. In fact, street performance activity represents a great potential contributing to the development and growth of cities. Nowadays, cities are promoting themselves through culture, art and the creative industries, developing new innovative urban spaces and business. Street performance appears as an art demonstration, part of a city’s culture, bearing in it creativity and attractiveness.