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Hello, We are MA Contemporary  Art Theory students from Edinburgh College of Art. We are going to give you a short talk on public art, projects that we are currently engaged in a maybe even feedback on your own work.
Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, Rozel Point, 1970 ‘Site and non-site’ Robert Smithson’s Corner Mirror with Coral, 1969
Public and Community Art What is the difference? How much collaboration should the artist have with the community? What is the main purpose of public art?
John Ahearn, Percent for Art projects,  Bronx, New York, 1992 Suzanne Lacy’s and A Coalition of  Chicago Women, Full Circle, 1993 “Ahearn’s effort was meant to function  as art that is of the people,” Kwon, 2002
Anish Kapoor’s The Farm, 2009, New Zealand Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate, 2006, Chicago Does public art have to be socially engaged and accessible to the public?
Jaume Plensa's Dream, St Helens Should the public choose  public art? Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's Turbulence, Cardigan, Wales
In the Place of the Public Sphere, Simon Sheikh (Ed.) (b_books, 2005) Mapping the Terrain; New genre  public art , Suzanne Lacy (Bay Press, 1995) One Place After Another:  Site-Specific Art and Locational Identity, Miwon Kwon, (MIT Press, 2002)
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Presentation1

  • 1. Hello, We are MA Contemporary Art Theory students from Edinburgh College of Art. We are going to give you a short talk on public art, projects that we are currently engaged in a maybe even feedback on your own work.
  • 2. Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, Rozel Point, 1970 ‘Site and non-site’ Robert Smithson’s Corner Mirror with Coral, 1969
  • 3. Public and Community Art What is the difference? How much collaboration should the artist have with the community? What is the main purpose of public art?
  • 4. John Ahearn, Percent for Art projects, Bronx, New York, 1992 Suzanne Lacy’s and A Coalition of Chicago Women, Full Circle, 1993 “Ahearn’s effort was meant to function as art that is of the people,” Kwon, 2002
  • 5. Anish Kapoor’s The Farm, 2009, New Zealand Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate, 2006, Chicago Does public art have to be socially engaged and accessible to the public?
  • 6. Jaume Plensa's Dream, St Helens Should the public choose public art? Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's Turbulence, Cardigan, Wales
  • 7. In the Place of the Public Sphere, Simon Sheikh (Ed.) (b_books, 2005) Mapping the Terrain; New genre public art , Suzanne Lacy (Bay Press, 1995) One Place After Another: Site-Specific Art and Locational Identity, Miwon Kwon, (MIT Press, 2002)