Fernando Traverso's Bicis

[1] Today, there are 350 bici stenciled images painted on buildings throughout Rosario, memorializing each of its 350 citizens who were disappeared under Argentina's military dictatorship and National Reorganization Process (1976–1983).

As Traverso's friends began disappearing after the 1976 coup d'etat of Isabel Perón and the ensuing Jorge Rafael Videla Redondo de facto presidency, only their bicycles would be left behind.

Alongside Traverso's graffiti art, Rosario is also home to Argentina's first official Museum of Memory which offers a nuanced narration of the nations dictatorial past.

As a means to avoid the implied "before" and "after" connotations of a chronological portrayal, the Museum is organized by a series of aesthetics themes ranging from clandestine imprisonments to struggles in truth and justice.

[1] Fernando Traverso's Bici image could originally only be found in the streets of Rosario, but has since become an international symbol remembering those who were disappeared under the various military dictatorships in Latin America, specifically during the 1970s.

[5] He held two daylong workshops at both universities, during which groups of students and community members printed images of bikes on large fabric banners.