Context of the Artwork: Between Erasure and Exhibition The installation "Observadora" was created as a direct response to a controversial decision made at the start of the festival: the curator chose to erase the museum's façade, which was originally covered with numerous pixos, to make way for the exhibition. The museum, being a space dedicated to street art, paradoxically erased the most authentic marks of the urban landscape – the interventions it should be celebrating. This is particularly striking in the context of São Paulo, the birthplace of pixação. 

The act of erasing the pixos brought to light questions about the role of institutions in preserving or excluding urban culture. The artwork challenges the boundaries between the permitted and the excluded, the transient and the permanent. Hence, the message "Between the permitted and the excluded, where does art dwell?" not only titles the piece but also encapsulates the reflections it provokes. 

The sculpture, installed on the rooftop and accessible at any time, establishes a direct dialogue with the city and the movements that inhabit it. It symbolizes resistance against the sanitization of spaces and attempts to return art to the public without restrictions.