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Apart from nation-acclaiming images produced by regime-friendly artists, and war drawings produced by soldier-artists on the front, few Vietnamese artists have dared the American War’s critical assessment from inside the country. This... more
Southeast Asian artists, from the 1970s onwards, developed conceptual strategies that, combined with siting and physical involvement, engaged viewers in critical conversations about society and politics. Installations and performances,... more
In this dissertation, I argue that twenty-first-century urban archival montage films eschew the dominant historiographical strategies of documentary film and encourage the development of a historically conscious spectatorship. The thesis... more
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In this dissertation, I argue that twenty-first century urban archival montage films eschew the dominant historiographical strategies of documentary film and encourage the development of a historically conscious spectatorship. The thesis... more
"The exhibition takes its title from a much-acclaimed play by the Singapore playwright Haresh Sharma of the same name. In it, Sharma writes of Singapore as ‘a dangerously peaceful country’, a country that touts the ways its highly... more
Talk about the ways private ownership of the spaces we move through influences our legal right to the city, and some of the strategies that may be used by individuals or groups to reclaim the city.
From the book, Whose City is That?
In this article, I draw on a photograph by the eminent Hungarian-American photographer André Kertész (1894–1985) to point toward a phenomenology of aesthetic encounter. Shown in figure 1, this photograph is Kertész’s frequently published... more
Place is a concern in Abidi’s time-based practice, yet her work is not about a place. The urban is both fact and fiction, whether it is given to us as a set of borders within borders, as vignettes of intimacy or as a city suspended in an... more
To kick off an ethnographic project about street photography, I put together some of my photos that have explored the city and its inhabitants visually.
A cultural policy evaluation on Philippine Art Trek, the annual centerpiece of Philippine Embassy's cultural diplomacy agenda in the Republic of Singapore. Nearing its 10th anniversary, an in depth analysis on its foreign policy... more
This essay examines, from a phenomenological perspective, the New York photographs of André Kertész (1894 1985), one of the great pioneers of modern photography. In one sense, Kertész's photographs are an implicit phenomenological record... more
On year 2004, the theater company Teatro la Peste, creates the Encuentro de Teatro Porteño Independiente , as a direct alternative to the Valparaiso's Carnavales Culturales , which years earlier had been promoted by the chilean... more
Resumen : Las grandes actuaciones del entorno urbano centran la atención social y política y se convierten en ejemplos de ideación creativa con vocación de futuro ciudadano. Sin embargo, hay resquicios imprecisos de la evolución estética... more
Co-curated with Vaari Claffey “Temporarily Shelved” was part of the 3rd edition of Sinopale which was held with the conceptual framework “Hidden Memories, Lost Traces”. “Temporarily Shelved” also took this conceptual framework as a... more
In recent years, there has been an increase in international tourist arrivals worldwide. In this respect, Art Cities are among the most favorable tourist destinations, as they exhibit masterpieces of art and architecture in a cultural... more
Since the 1970s, practices in public art have documented or expressed aspects of the everyday city by reassembling its order. This paper addresses three different practices developed in the context of the Skulptur Projekte in which the... more
El punto de partida para esta reflexión es “La razón plástica” - una intervención urbana de Joaquín Jara - que actualmente se mezcla en el tejido de las calles de Barcelona. A partir de ello queremos abrir diálogos entre los conceptos... more
پروژه هنر مشارکتی «رادیو خیابان » در مدت حدود دو سال، ۱۲ اپیزود پادکست منتشر کرد، که به موضوعات مختلف مربوط به ارتباط جنسیت، بدن و فضاهای عمومی پرداخت. بیش از ۵۰ زن در گفتگوهای این پروژه درباره تجربهشان از تبعیضهای جنسیتی در ارتباط با... more
This entry looks at the life and work of the Iranian pioneering modernist writer Sadegh Hedayat in the hope of finding out how the city, culture, and folklore influenced him and how he influenced them in turn. Hedayat’s life and work was... more
Koshas is a work arising from the intersection of several experiments: first, the experience in Cachoeira and São Félix (historic towns of Bahia Recôncavo) and attraction to surfaces worn by time, in his architectural ensemble; the... more
Este film propone un breve paseo por los espacios urbanos de Madrid donde nació el mito/realidad/ficción de La Movida. Indaga por las esquinas, edificios y locales. Intenta observar e intervenir. Observa para retratar el paso del tiempo... more
High, magnificent, mysterious and quiet city; Göllüdag
In the autumn of 2010, on a saturday, we climbed Göllüdağ with two Turkish archaeologists and an Italian archaeologist. In this article I tell you what I feel in Göllüdağ.
In the autumn of 2010, on a saturday, we climbed Göllüdağ with two Turkish archaeologists and an Italian archaeologist. In this article I tell you what I feel in Göllüdağ.
This doctoral thesis examines the relationship between Left-wing politics and a body of exterior murals made in London between 1975 and 1986. Across this period approximately three hundred murals were made on the walls of London's... more
Informed by pioneering urban sociologist Robert Park, this study proposes a new layer of investigation of urban practices: the analysis of art projects. The unique story of Ashdod, a coastal city in Israel’s southern periphery, made it a... more
За последние полгода в Бишкеке произошло много разнонаправленных событий относительно городской экологии: от политики мэрии по расширению дорог и вырубки деревьев до реакции жителей города на данные процессы и проведения в Ботаническом... more
ALCURE, Adriana Schneider. Art and Insurgency in Urgent Times. IN: Theatre Research International, v.1, 2017. Brazil's constitutional crisis that culminated in the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff in 2016 triggered a series of... more
This paper explores the potential impact of street art on the way human beings relate to nature and the environment.
Resumo e apontamentos do texto de Paola Berenstein, sobre a espetacularização das cidades, apologia das errâncias urbanas, da experiência sensorial nas cidades, enquanto experiência física urbana, cotidiana, estética ou artística.
El termino Surveillance (vigilancia) es derivado de palabra francesa ‘surveiller’ que literalmente significa ‘mirar por encima’. Actualmente este término se entiende como la monitorización del espacio físico humano y su comportamiento,... more