[spectre] Public Art as Instrument - panel, Gothenburg, 25 Nov

[Pelin Tan]

Public Art as Instrument: a one-day Seminar on Forms and Preconditions
in Public Space (Gothenburg)

Date: 25 Nov 2006’Ä®Time: 14:00 - 18:00’Ä®Place: Gothenburg

Iaspis in collaboration with Fotohˆgskolan, Gˆteborgs Konsthall,
Gˆteborgs Konstmuseum, Gˆteborgs Kulturfˆrvaltning, Konstepidemien and
Konsthˆgskolan Valand.

Public space is rapidly becoming more and more commercialised and
citizens' behaviour in this space has increasingly had to adapt to
market forces. At the same time, art has been instrumentalised in
order to fit into the prevailing policies and to serve market values.
Against the background of this historical development, the seminar
addresses the preconditions for working with a public art that is
based on participation.

- What characterises the field for such art projects?
- How do they function and for whom?
- What strategies do artists use to establish local and "inter-local" contacts?
- What possibilities exist for developing forms and preconditions for
art projects in public spaces?

14:00 - 14:15   Introduction / Moderator: Mika Hannula;  Professor of
Art in Public Space, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki

14:15 - 14:45  Jˆrgen Svensson, artist, Professor of Valand School of Art

14:45 - 15:15  Pelin Tan, writer, Ph.D candidate and researcher at the
ITU Institude of Social Sciences - Art History, Istanbul and
Berlin-Humboldt University, Art History Dept.

15:15 - 15:45 Ted Purves, Professor of California School of Arts,
artist, editor, kurator.

15:45 - 16:15 break

16:15 - 18:00 Panel Discussion

contact: Camilla Alvhage" <camilla.alvhage at valand.gu.se
             info at iaspis.com





-- 
www.tanpelin.blogspot.com