In 2006 the city major decided to ban outdoor advertising with the will to solve their issues with visual pollution. What had to came afterwards was not on the original plan. Continue reading
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Innominate Spaces in frame of TANDEM Cultural Managers Exchange
The Innominate Spaces was a joint artistic project of two groups: Input-Output (Izmir, Turkey) and Art Transparent Foundation (Wrocław, Poland) carried out under the framework of TANDEM Cultural Managers Exchange. It focuses on public spaces, urban transformation and collective actions. The project was inspired by the violent events in Turkey (2013). It also reflects the … Continue reading
When the opportunity to mediate art appears: Aquamediale X
When working on the public space a key factor that should not be forgotten is that we are not only “placing art on the street” but generating a dialogue with the community around it. Their expectations, fears, “likes and hates”, will play a role on the interpretation and enjoyment of the work of art. In … Continue reading
TANDEM Community & Participation – Call for Participation
Application deadline for the second edition of TANDEM Community & Participation is on Wednesday 15 October, 2014. This exchange programme supports cultural organisations to set up long-term partnerships with peers across the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and the UK. Applicants actively promote citizen participation and community engagement through arts and culture. TANDEM Community & Participation started … Continue reading
“I don’t get it! Could you help me?”
Mediation instruments for contemporary art in public space: a debate-workshop with Allan Siegel at Aquamediale IX. “I do not get it!” sure you have heard it while in front of a contemporary art piece. Indeed contemporary art can be sometimes a bit “cryptic” as its message is mostly contained within a plastic materialisation of complex … Continue reading
When art needs no words to talk (Part I): the context factor
When public art needs no words to talk it is because it is able to create an impact by itself. From object to emotion, from concept to captured and materialised idea. But what makes a work of art in the public space a remarkable piece? What are the secrets to connect with wider audiences? Along … Continue reading
The New Rules of Public Art
Originally posted on Public Art Now:
Demand new rules for public art now! An organisation born in Bristol, UK, Situations reimagines what public art can be and where and when it can take place. We like to think and reflect on what happens when the spark of an idea is lit. We test out new…
Art in the underground – Call for submissions
NGBK is Calling! NGBK in Berlin (Germany) has opened its yearly international open art competition, this 2014 under the motto: “What is outside?” A call for site-specific art works in and around Berlin Underground stations on the U5 line between Tierpark and Hönow. Aim The call for submissions to the international open art competition „What … Continue reading
“City – Inflammatory State” – Survival Art Review is coming up!
The opening of the 12th edition of the SURVIVAL Art Review will take place in less than a month! On 27 June at 7 p.m., art will take over the abandoned building of the Faculty of Pharmacy of Wrocław Medical University in ul. Grodzka 9 in Wrocław. The motto of the 12th “City – Inflammatory … Continue reading
Archinect.com : “Art in the City”
Archinect.com : “Art in the City” /// Spirit of Space presents a short film honoring Chicago’s public art: “The success of a public work of art is measured not merely by aesthetics, but rather, by its magnetic qualities that inspire interaction. The art is a reflection of the City, the art becomes a part of the … Continue reading
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