SASSEN, Saskia. Public Interventions. The Shifting Meaning of the Urban Condition.
In this essay, she looks at the possibilities of artistic practice to ‘make’ public space that can produce unsettling stories and make visible that which is local and has been silenced.
Group of so-called Anarchitects who intend to claim back their influence upon public space. The group criticizes the arid and oppressive planning of public space by institutions, urbanists and commerce, by means of spontaneous actions in the city, mainly in the greater London area.
Coletivo de artistas plásticos em São Paulo que têm organizado intervenções urbanas para discutir gentrificação, trabalho informal etc.
Artists collective in São Paulo that has organized urban interventions to discuss gentrification, informal labour etc.
Citizen organisation in Berlin defends the unique qualities of the abandoned railway terrains Gleisdreieck, which is currently being re-planned for mixed use and a public park.
Discussions, protests, plans, images etc. (text in german)
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