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The Art of Public Space: Curating and Re-imagining the Ephemeral City
Kim Gurney
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Description for The Art of Public Space: Curating and Re-imagining the Ephemeral City
Hardback. A journey through Johannesburg via three art projects raises intriguing notions about the constitutive relationship between the city, imagination and the public sphere- through walking, gaming and performance art. Amid prevailing economic validations, the trilogy posits art within an urban commons in which imagination is all-important. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AFKP; JFSG; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
A journey through Johannesburg via three art projects raises intriguing notions about the constitutive relationship between the city, imagination and the public sphere- through walking, gaming and performance art. Amid prevailing economic validations, the trilogy posits art within an urban commons in which imagination is all-important.
A journey through Johannesburg via three art projects raises intriguing notions about the constitutive relationship between the city, imagination and the public sphere- through walking, gaming and performance art. Amid prevailing economic validations, the trilogy posits art within an urban commons in which imagination is all-important.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
384g
Number of Pages
194
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137436894
SKU
V9781137436894
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99-15
About Kim Gurney
Kim Gurney is a visual artist, journalist and academic. She is a Research Associate at the University of Cape Town's African Centre for Cities and the University of Johannesburg's Visual Identities in Art & Design Research Centre, South Africa. Her own art generally engages invisibilities or disappearance and attempts restorative gestures, and she runs a nomadic offspace for experimental work. ... Read more
Reviews for The Art of Public Space: Curating and Re-imagining the Ephemeral City
This book brings something new to the public space discourse that allows us to think beyond the specificity of Johannesburg. It indeed exposes the naturalised ways of thinking and talking about public space, which tend to privilege permanency and definition, while rendering invisible the processes by which public space is actually made. ... Gurney re-politicises the debate in new ways, ... Read more