Artists Reclaim the Common, New Works / New Territories / New Publics
Percent-for-art
commissions may represent the official, professionalized face of public art,
but beyond the plaza?in neighborhoods, back streets, and vacant lots; in
suburban hinterlands, rural villages, and remote virtual realms?another kind of
art has been taking shape, one that questions the very nature and experience of
the commons. Driven by artists, curators, and nonprofit organizations, these
independent projects treat public space as more than an outdoor gallery.
Whether temporary or permanent, guerrilla or sanctioned, object or action, such
works invite us to imagine alternative ways of seeing and being while opening
up new possibilities for individual and collective consciousness. When we enter
their domain, public space becomes a site of resistance, a stage on which to
enact experimental scenarios, and a catalyst for action - a place of both art
and life.
Artists Reclaim the Commons
New Works / New Territories / New Publics
Edited by Glenn Harper and Twylene
Moyer
Contact:
ISC Press
19 Fairground Rd., Suite B
Hamilton, NJ 08619, USA
http://www.sculpture.org