The impact of artists on contemporary urban development in Europe

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Label

The impact of artists on contemporary urban development in Europe

Statement of responsibility

Monika Murzyn-Kupisz, Jarosław Działek, editors

Contributor

• Działek, Jarosław
• Murzyn-Kapisz, Monika, 1973-

Editor

• Działek, Jarosław
• Murzyn-Kapisz, Monika, 1973-

Subject

• Art and society
• Art and society -- Europe
• Artists and community
• Artists and community -- Europe
• Europe
• Urbanization
• Urbanization -- Europe

Language

eng

Summary

This book provides a review of theoretical concepts connecting artists and urban development. It focuses on the multidimensionality of potential and actually observed interactions between artists and cities and their impacts on urban space, its form, functions and perceptions. Departing from the viewpoint that a more nuanced geography of artists is still needed to fully conceptualise the diversity of roles artistic creatives play in urban transformations, the book presents contributions with a common denominator of distinguishing artists as a unique professional and social group. The essays focus on the complexity of the artists' spatial preferences and analyse a myriad of expressions of artists' presence in urban centres in different geographic, political, economic, social, and spatial contexts drawing on experiences from 16 cities across Europe. The book presents several case studies ranging from Spain to Russia and from Scandinavia to Slovenia, and offers new pathways into understanding the implications of artists' residence and activities in contemporary cities. Apart from presenting less obvious expressions of artists' involvement in urban transformations such as their participation in urban planning or grass root urban movements, the volume explores the ambivalence of artists' interactions with cities. Particular chapters test several divergent narratives of artistic creatives as inspirers and instigators of urban changes, pioneers of gentrification, contesters and resisters of neoliberal urban policies or mere indicators of transformations inspired by other actors, instrumentalized by public and private stakeholders

Member of

• GeoJournal library, v. 123

Cataloging source

BTCTA

Dewey number

700.103

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• charts

Index

no index present

LC call number

NX180.A77

LC item number

I66 2017

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

GeoJournal library

Series volume

volume 123