Public art encounters : art, space and identity

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    • Zebracki, Martin
    • Palmer, Joni M.

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Public art encounters : art, space and identity

edited by Martin Zebracki and Joni M. Palmer

Routledge, 2019

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"First published 2018 by Routledge. First issued in paperback 2019"--T.p. verso

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Public art is produced and 'lived' within multiple, interlaced and contested political, economic, social and cultural-symbolic spheres. This lively collection is a mix of academic and practice-based writings that scrutinise conventional claims on the inclusiveness of public art practice. Contributions examine how various social differences, across class, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, ability and literacy, shape encounters with public art within the ambits of the design, regeneration and everyday experiences of public spaces. The chapters richly draw on case studies from the Global North and South, providing comprehensive insights into the experiences of encountering public art via a variety of scales and realms. This book advances critical insights of how socially practised public arts articulate and cultivate geographies of social difference through the themes of power (the politics of encountering), affect (the embodied ways of encountering), and diversity (the inclusiveness of encountering). It will appeal to scholars, students and practitioners of cultural geography, the visual arts, urban studies, political studies and anthropology.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 1. On Encountering Public Art Martin Zebracki and Joni M. Palmer PART 1: POWER 2. Subverting Surveillance: Power and Incivility in Public Transit Art Martha Radice and Brenden Harvey 3. 'Awaken the Dragon': Participatory Art-making and the Grassroots in Authoritarian Singapore Jason Luger 4. The Construction of Post-Communist Ideologies and Re-branding of Budapest: The Case Study of Statue Park Museum Paul Clements 5. Sustainable Influences of Public Art: A View on Cultural Capital and Environmental Impact Cameron Cartiere and Ashley Guindon PART 2: AFFECT 6. Shaping Subjects, Connecting Communities, Imagining Futures? Critically Investigating Play Your Place Harriet Hawkins and Ruth Catlow 7. The Production of Temporary Public Space: Site-specific Installation and 'Vital Materialities' Gwen MacGregor 8. 'All Your Drains Belong to Us': Young People and the Non-Representational Geographies of Public Art in Drain Tunnels Candice Boyd PART 3: DIVERSITY 9. Mobilising the 'Right to Remain' in Vancouver's Paueru-gai: An Art-based Participatory Research Intervention Aaron Franks, Jeff Masuda, Audrey Kobayashi and the Right to Remain Community Fair Team 10. The Art of (Re)crossing the Border: The Border Farm Project in Maroi, South Africa Pauline Guinard 11. The Birmingham Surrealist Laboratory: Unlocking Community and the Avant-Garde in a Super-Diverse City Saskia Warren and Stephen Forcer 12. A Cybergeography of Public Art Encounter: The Case of Rubber Duck Martin Zebracki Afterword 13. An Artist-Geographer's Lens Andrew Gorman-Murray

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