and Public Space Course

This course examines the concepts and practices of producing art for public spaces on a studio basis and will be designed to deepen kinesthetic, visual and aural perception. Public art refers to various types of art that are created outside galleries (public spaces) and are accessible to the general public. Includes site specific installations, murals, video installations, sound installations, performance art, and also collaborative art practices with fellow artists, community groups, architects, landscapers or urban designers. This lecture will investigate the history and practice of public art, its relationship to urban experience, ideas of public/civic space. Students are asked to propose, model and/or create public art that explores and responds to a specific location by examining the site‘s physical, historical, social and symbolic conditions. The work designed is based on the skills and interests of specialization in the creation path with theoretical and practical strategies.