Designers of information communication technologies (ICTs) in public space often fall into the trap of designing only for the "flaneur," an unembedded mobile subject in the generic global city. They deracinate the experience of space and support the global flâneur as the paradigmatic deracinated subject. In this thesis I propose a specific vision of "en-racinating" media, that is media that takes the specificity of place seriously. A careful consideration of public art can help us in this endeavor by leveraging the artistic notion of "site specificity" in the most culturally grounded meaning of the term. I examining three public digital media/information-based public art works through the lens of urban informatics in order to see how the works do or do not en-racinate experience in a specific city: Atlanta

There are huge demands of limited lands in Hong Kong. It is an increasing trend for Hong Kong Government to develop open space for the use of recreation activities as they found out that it is very important to the individual as well as the community. Other than recreation use, those open spaces can also served to allow air ventilation, penetration of sunlight and also act as a place for amenity and visual relief in Hong Kong. Although, these functions are very important in the high rise building environment, high density city like Hong Kong, there are many small public open spaces in urban area which are not in a good quality. They cannot function well in responsive to the context of the area, enhancing the quality of the neighborhoods and suited for the public need in the community which they turns out become not as popular as they are expected. The pocket open space in urban area is relatively small, surrounded by commercial buildings or residential buildings. They usually have a simple setting with planters and street furniture. Different activities involvement by different users in these small open spaces create a small community in the urban area and supposingly can enhance the interaction within people in the area. Considering that there are complaints from the Artists that there are not enough outdoor arts space in Hong Kong and public arts is the trend of some of the cities in other countries to enhancing the identity and culture of the urban areas, such as the King Williams ArtWalk in Otario in Canada. However, It is not popular in the urban dense space in Hong Kong. It is good to exploring a possible new way to sustain the unique culture by applying public arts platform in the urban area. The site is located around the Aberdeen Street in Central. It is an old district with new culture style but lack of solid identity and energy throughout the space. Although there are different organic developments, the streetscape is without strong characters. The following pilot project is aim to use art platform as a tools to revealing the missing link in urban context and also adding a possible new function to the open space in urban dense area as a “outdoor showroom” of arts in the city in order to vibrate the city and raise the awareness of public arts to the publics. / published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Landscape Architecture

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Thesis (D.C.A.)--University of Wollongong, 2005. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references: leaf 173-188.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of California, San Diego, 2008. / Title from first page of PDF file (viewed February 10, 2009). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-41).

Orientadora: Rosangela da Silva Leote / Banca: Milton Terumitsu Sogabe / Banca: Giselle Beiguelman / Resumo: Este trabalho analisa o conceito de commons digital, originado no campo da cibercultura, no contexto de ações artísticas produzidas nos últimos anos na cidade de São Paulo. Valendome principalmente das teorias de Antonio Negri, Nicolas Bourriaud, Guy Debord e Gilles Lipovetsky, parto da retomada do "comum" como valor intrínseco à sociedade informacional, sigo com sua análise nos campos da arte pública e artemídia para, enfim, classificar cinco aspectos das poéticas do comum (p. 118), a partir de três modelos de casos: BaixoCentro (2012), Pimp My Carroça (2012) e Piscina no Minhocão (2014). Por fim, apresento os primeiros resultados da ação Terrenos Apaixonantemente Objetivos, que aplica a ideia do comum à deriva situacionista, e detalho a concepção e desenvolvimento do Derivoscópio, obra integrante da ação, um aparato vestível construído com hardware e software livres. / Abstract: This work analyzes the concept of digital commons, originated in the field of cyberculture, in the context of artistic actions produced in the last years in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Based primarily on the theories by Antonio Negri, Nicolas Bourriaud, Guy Debord and Gilles Lipovetsky, I start from the resumption of the "common" as an intrinsic value to the Information Society to proceed with its analysis in the fields of Public Art and New Media Art. Then, I classify five aspects of the poetics of the common (p. 118), based on three case models: BaixoCentro (2012), Pimp My Carroça (2012) and Piscina no Minhocão (2014). Lastly, I present the first results of the artwork Objective Passional Terrains, which applies the concept of the common to the situationist drift, detailing the design and development of the Driftscope, a wearable apparatus built with free hardware and software, as part of that artwork. / Mestre

The research is based on the belief that the Earth's survival is reliant on an understanding of the interconnectedness between people and the planet. The premise that creative expression is an inherent need in human beings and a powerful agent for social change is at the core of this study. The arts permeate all aspects of life and can play a positive pro-active role in economic and social upliftment. The study therefore explored a contemporary public context in which artists intervene in society to provide practical and functional social spaces but also, with the ecological crisis of the planet, to create an awareness of the interconnectedness of life. Place-making was of specific concern and one of the aims was to examine ways of re-shaping the appearance and meaning of public spaces. An equally important issue was the role and responsibility of both the artist and the commissioning process in a social context and the relevance of individual expression as modes of addressing social concerns and as a tool of public empowerment within a new democratic South Africa that can have a genuine impact on community well-being and social inclusion. The research therefore exists in between the arts, social sciences and the ecology of place: that is, the understanding of the role of creative intervention within social spaces. The study provides a historical context and development of new trends in public and collaborative community arts, contextualises the notion of public and argues for a repositioning of assessment criteria for the arts within a social public domain and in the interest of the people. It is based on a critical survey of international collaborative arts and its potential as a guide to alternative solutions and implementation within a South African context for creative interventions and regeneration of public spaces and empowerment and capacity building of its citizens. The research discusses the relevance and the position of the arts and craft industry as a means of poverty alleviation, job creation and empowerment in South Africa. Rebuilding community demands both the rejuvenation of social spaces and the restoration of community esteem together with mutual and self-respect. / Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology / D. Litt. et Phil (Art History)

A presente pesquisa se estabelece junto a um processo investigativo que inter-relaciona prática artística e produção textual. Consiste na reflexão produzida a partir da realização de três proposições no campo da intervenção urbana desenvolvidas entre 2013 e 2015 nas cidades de Porto Alegre/RS, Juazeiro do Norte/CE e Caxias do Sul/RS. Toma como fio condutor a análise de trabalhos instaurados a partir de e em relação a monumentos públicos e equipamentos urbanos associados a imagens e objetos cotidianos. Ao se inscreverem no espaço público, essas práticas artísticas evidenciam problemáticas específicas desse lugar atravessado por diversos agenciamentos e tensões e que demanda constantes reelaborações de métodos e de posicionamentos pelo artista-pesquisador. Compreendidos como ações-dispositivo, esses trabalhos se propõem como ações políticas ao evidenciar a importância das formas de inserção contextual e das relações estabelecidas entre público e obra em práticas de intervenção urbana. Como desdobramento, a análise aborda questões relacionadas ao estatuto da imagem fotográfica enquanto registro processual que articula noções de obra e documento. / This research is established as an investigation process that relates artistic practice and textual production. It consists of a reflection upon three propositions on the field of urban intervention that were developed between 2013 and 2015 in the cities of Porto Alegre/RS, Juazeiro do Norte/CE and Caxias do Sul/RS. Its core is the analysis of works that are made on and in relation to public monuments and urban equipments associated to images and everyday objects. When inscribed in the public space, these artistic practices make evident some specific typical problems of this space, which is crossed by various kinds of intermediations and tensions. It demands, therefore, constant changes in methods and position takings by the artist-researcher. Understood as device-actions, these works are political actions for their capacity of making evident the importance of contextual insertion ways and of the relations established between the public and works in urban interventions. As a consequence, the analysis brings up questions related to the statute of the image as a processual register that links the notions of work and document.

viii, 77 p. : ill. / The focus of this study was a free site-specific dance and music performance for the general public in Alton Baker Park (Eugene, Oregon), designed to enhance public engagement with the park and with dance. Collaborative processes with participating dancers, composers, and musicians fostered community building between the artists. Informing literature covers the impact of site-specific dance performances on communities, choreographic methodology, the history of site-specific artwork, the impact on, and consideration of, the audience in site-specific projects, and collaboration in the arts. Consideration of the surrounding community and the inherent political nature of site-specific work directly influenced every decision throughout the process. Themes emerged from the focus on building community, engaging the patrons with the site, and investigating process. Themes include the Culminating Performance, Common Values, Collaboration, Audience, Process, Journaling and Research, and a Final Summary. Reflection on the process reveals insights and suggestions for future endeavors. / Committee in charge: Dr. Jenifer P. Craig, Chairperson; Christian Cherry, Member; Walter Kennedy, Member

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This research deals with the Public Art in Santa Maria / RS, with the main object of study Eduardo Kobra‟s mural accomplished in the Municipal Library of that city. The authors that help me to articulate and combine with the Public Art are Arend (2010); Alves (2011), Peixoto (2009, 2012) and Silva (2005), for the artist's contextualization in interaction with his work and the public, and theirs among themselves, considering the policies of articulation among artist, space, work, public and promoters of art. The urban public of the city of Santa Maria is analyzed on the view of works installation in these areas, and the influence of the Course of Arts and Letters of the Federal Uni-versity of Santa Maria, since 1964, having as basis the works of Foletto (2008) and Foletto and Bisoning (2001). Taking as its central point the artist Eduardo Kobra‟s work, his research and involvement with Public Art, I contextualize about the influ-ences that reverberate in his artistic production, articulating his productions with other artists who had / have connection with his research, and influence of graffiti and hip hop in his career. The photograph and the memory are treated as proposers of pos-sibilities and reflections on the current context and in the art, based on Bergson (2011), Catroga (2009) and Richoeur (2007). Considering the different looks, from interviews with groups of local artists and a representative of the government, the main instigator and deliberator of the art in the city, you can see the relevance of Kobra‟s work in the city to contemplate on the art scene on the conflict between the visual arts and the performance of the government. That has conditioned positions and oppositions in relation to the field of art and art in the city, where the public as an extra in the artistic field of Public Art in the city. / A presente pesquisa trata da Arte Pública em Santa Maria/RS, tendo como objeto principal de estudo o mural de Eduardo Kobra realizado na Biblioteca Municipal da referida cidade. Os autores que me ajudam a articular e conjugar com a Arte Públi-ca, são Arend (2010); Alves (2011), Peixoto (2009; 2012) e Silva (2005), para a con-textualização do artista em interação com a obra e o público, e destes entre si, con-siderando as políticas de articulação entre artista, espaço, obra, público e fomenta-dores da arte. O espaço urbano, público da cidade de Santa Maria é analisado sobre o viéz da instalação de obras nestes espaços, e da influência do Curso de Artes e Letras da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, a partir de 1964, tendo como bases as obras de Foletto (2008) e Foletto e Bisoning (2001). Tomando como ponto central a obra do artista Eduardo Kobra, suas pesquisas e envolvimento com a Arte Pública, constextualizo acerca das influências que reverberaram em sua produção artística, articulando suas produções com as de outros artistas que tiveram/têm ligação com suas pesquisas, e da influência do grafite e do hip hop em sua carreira. A fotografia e a memória são tratadas como propositoras de possibilidades e reflexões no con-texto atual e na arte, embasadas em Bergson (2011), Catroga (2009) e Richoeur (2007). Considerando os diferentes olhares, a partir de entrevistas com os grupos de artistas locais e de um representante do poder público, o principal fomentador e deli-berador da arte na cidade, é possível perceber a relevância da obra de Kobra para refletir sobre o panorama artístico local diante do embate entre as artes visuais e a atuação do poder público. Que tem condicionado posições e contraposições em re-lação ao campo da arte e da Arte Pública eUrbana na cidade, onde o público é con-siderado como um figurante no campo artístico da Arte Pública na cidade.