Abstract
Art, reflection, and reconstruction
Public art manifests prevailing values in society. However, it does not only passively reflect these values, but it actively participates in maintaining, creating, and maybe even changing norms and expectations. Art influences how spaces and places are seen, experienced and being used, but often these spaces and places also define what kind of art is being presented in them. While prestige monuments and challenging contemporary art are in city centers, the art presented in suburbs and the natural environment is often loaded with expectations of utility.
Past decade Porin kulttuurisäätö collective has challenged existing practices and structures and created site-specific and research-based art projects in public and semi-public places, aiming to increase understanding of these locations while studying different questions. Collective aims to use already existing resources and increase knowledge and understanding through cooperation and collaboration. Working with different cities has provided information about policies, strategies, and how cities often fail in implementing them. To increase sustainability, democracy, resilience, and diversity new policies but also new actions need to be taken. Art, without reducing it to merely utility, can be a good partner in finding new perspectives and creating better practices in our lived environments.
Public art manifests prevailing values in society. However, it does not only passively reflect these values, but it actively participates in maintaining, creating, and maybe even changing norms and expectations. Art influences how spaces and places are seen, experienced and being used, but often these spaces and places also define what kind of art is being presented in them. While prestige monuments and challenging contemporary art are in city centers, the art presented in suburbs and the natural environment is often loaded with expectations of utility.
Past decade Porin kulttuurisäätö collective has challenged existing practices and structures and created site-specific and research-based art projects in public and semi-public places, aiming to increase understanding of these locations while studying different questions. Collective aims to use already existing resources and increase knowledge and understanding through cooperation and collaboration. Working with different cities has provided information about policies, strategies, and how cities often fail in implementing them. To increase sustainability, democracy, resilience, and diversity new policies but also new actions need to be taken. Art, without reducing it to merely utility, can be a good partner in finding new perspectives and creating better practices in our lived environments.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | THE 14TH ATUT SYMPOSIUM Restorative strategies, responses and pedagogies in architecture and the built environment |
| Subtitle of host publication | MAKING (A)MENDS |
| Publisher | ATUT Symposium |
| Publication status | Submitted - 2022 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Conference publication |
| Event | Annual Symposium of Architectural Research in Finland - Tampere University, School of Architecture, Tampere, Finland Duration: 20 Oct 2022 → 21 Oct 2022 Conference number: 14 |
Conference
| Conference | Annual Symposium of Architectural Research in Finland |
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| Abbreviated title | ATUT |
| Country/Territory | Finland |
| City | Tampere |
| Period | 20/10/2022 → 21/10/2022 |