Transformations

Art and the City

Elizabeth Grierson (RMIT University), Graham Cairns

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Intellect Books
15 September 2017

Urban communities

Series: Mediated Cities

The contributors to Transformations explore the interactions between people and their urban surroundings through site-specific art and creative practices, tracing the ways in which people inhabit, imagine, and shape their cities. Drawing on the work of global artists, from Cambodia to Australia, New Zealand to the United States, this collection investigates the politics and democratization of space through an examination of art, education, justice, and the role of the citizen in the city. The essays explore how creative practices can work in tandem with ever-changing urban technologies and ecologies to both disrupt and shape urban public spaces.

Edited by: Elizabeth Grierson (RMIT University)
Series edited by: Graham Cairns
Imprint: Intellect Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 499g
ISBN: 9781783207725
ISBN 10: 1783207728
Series: Mediated Cities
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 15 September 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Elizabeth M. Grierson is professor of art and philosophy at RMIT University, Australia, and editor of the academic journal ACCESS: Critical Perspectives on Communications, Cultural & Policy Studies. She is a Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in the United Kingdom and an adjunct professor at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. She is also an Australian Legal Practitioner, Barrister, and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.

Reviews for Transformations: Art and the City

This wide-ranging collection of essays is the fruit of a symposium held at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, in 2014. Artists, media professionals, and specialists in public policy, law, business, science, cartography, geography, and many other fields convened to ask: How can we understand the contemporary city 'through an aesthetic lens--and what possibilities exist for transformative action?' Topics range from art projects intended to revitalize city neighborhoods to artistic interventions in the justice system to artists as recorders and archivists of urban realities. --Public Art Review