Review article
Planning Realities of Public Space: At Ground Level with Artistic Practice
Anamarija Batista
Szilvia Kovacs
Carina Lesky
Abstract
The theoretical starting point for this article is Gilles Deleuze’s concept of “symptomatology”, which is based on the assumption that the artistic position can be interpreted as one of a cultural doctor. Deleuze’s observation relates to a specific potential of artistic practice to manifest and reflect prevailing power-relations together with the positions and roles it involves. Bringing these notions into the context of urban practice, the potential of artistic work in public space is discussed in relation to urban planning strategies. Three case studies are at the center of this analysis: “meinstein”, “Under Scan” and “transition - berlin junction”, which all work on the ground level with the pavement of streets in different European cities. While these art projects are reflecting on complex and contested layers of multifold social, economic and political processes, interests as well as practices, they are also raising questions about the potential of art as active part of the planning and composition of urban space.
Keywords
symptomatology; artistic intervention; public space; ground as a surface; projection; soundscape; urban planning
Hrčak ID:
185630
URI
Publication date:
1.7.2013.
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