Contemporary artists often associated with urban interventionist practices are Daniel Buren, Gordon Matta-Clark, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Krzysztof Wodiczko,[1] Thomas Hirschhorn, Francis Alÿs, Harrell Fletcher, the Red Peristyle group, Banksy and many others.
Some of these are political statements, like his stencil of a girl using balloons filled with helium to float over the wall between Palestine and Israel.
The project consists of a large inflatable red ball that has been set up at many different sites worldwide, providing a new engaging space for people to interact with.
Artists working in this international vein often utilize outdoor video projection, found objects, sculptural artifacts, posters, and performance events that might include and involve passersby on the street.
In 1968 philosopher and sociologist Henri Lefebvre wrote the Le Droit à la ville (Right to the City), in which he states that: This also echoes other art forms that are connected to urban interventionalism like the 1960s Happenings and Richard Wagner's Gesamtkunstwerk.