Culture is the language of the commons / Nato Thomson -- Public thinkers; complex contexts / Anne Loxley -- Indigenous voices telling untold stories in the public domain: the Eora journey and YININMADYEMI Thou didst let fall / Hetti Perkins -- Systems of allowance and remembrance / Brook Andrew -- Remembrance, representation and the memorial / Brook Andrew -- Memorials of Janet Laurence / Gill Nicol with Janet Laurence -- Héctor Zamora's acts of generosity / Ivan Muñiz Reed -- Public art, gentrification and spatial justice / Zanny Begg -- What does ethical socially engaged practice look like? / Jenny Bisset with Ash Keating, Marco Marcon, Lara Thoms and Michel Tuffery -- Michel Tuffery's toolkit for working with community / Michel Tuffery -- As if things were different: Theaster Gates' Sanctum in the context of new considerations of cultural value / Claire Doherty -- Refusing to feel powerless: on identity politics, artists and institutions in the public domain / Jun Yang -- Blind spots: the unhappy public in public art / Amy Spiers -- Difficult second record: participatory art after the zeitgeist / David Cross -- On documentation, conversation and memory / Blair French -- C3West archive / Peter Johnson.
Summary:
"At a time of increasing inequality and social tension, what role can art play in bringing people together? Can artists working in public spaces shift perceptions and attitudes? Does socially engaged practice inhibit artistic excellence? Civic Actions: Artists' Practices Beyond the Museum delves into these crucial questions, focusing on the intersection of social and public projects, and the possibilities of art practice in public space. This essential publication is international in focus and features formal essays and critiques along with conversational reflections by high-profile artists, curators, academics and cultural practitioners from across Australia, the Asia-Pacific, Europe and North and South America, who work with communities in the public realm."--Publisher description.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.