THE (UN) COMMON PLACE
ART, PUBLIC SPACE AND URBAN AESTHETICS IN EUROPE
PETROMARCHI, BARTOLOMEO
A ´common place´, a shared vision from Norway to Turkey, from Spain to Bulgaria, from Cyprus to Romania, emerged from this collection of fifty plus artists and projects. Artists, institutions and societies are searching for new ways of experimenting with unexpected forms of cohabitation, mutual understanding and visions of the urban landscape. The book, organized along five thematic chapters, presents a European interpretation of public space in terms of complexity and difference, translation and memory. The enclosed DVD features three documentary films also part of the project. Interviews with artists, curators, architects, critics and intellectuals from eleven European cities serve as the book´s introduction and connects the artworks with the larger themes explored in the book.
Un ?lugar común?, una visión compartida, desde Noruega a Turquía, de España a Bulgaria, de Chipre a Rumanía, ha surgido de los más de cincuenta artistas y proyectos documentados en este libro.
