Essays about: "site-specific art"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 essays containing the words site-specific art.

  1. 1. Activation of Place : Curating Site-Specific Art at the Luleå Biennial in 2018 and 2020

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Maria Nåtoft; [2023]
    Keywords : Site specificity; site-specific art; site-related art; Miwon Kwon; Nick Kaye; performance; performance of space; interdisciplinary; contemporary art; curating; biennial; art biennial; Luleå; Luleå biennial; Norrbotten; Karl Sjölund; Raqs Media Collective; Maria W Horn; Kapwani Kiwanga; Platsspecificitet; platsspecifik konst; plats-relaterad konst; Miwon Kwon; Nick Kaye; performance; performance of space; interdisciplinärt; samtidskonst; curating; biennial; konstbiennial; Luleåbiennialen; Luleå; Norrbotten; Karl Sjölund; Raqs Media Collective; Maria W Horn; Kapwani Kiwanga;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates how site-specific art manifest itself in different ways, specifically in the biennial format. The focus is on the Luleå Biennale, one of Scandinavia's oldest biennales that returns every two years. READ MORE

  3. 2. Participatory Theatre as a Communication Tool for Development and Social Change in the City : A Case Study: The Johannesburg Literary Site-Specific Theatre Project

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Patricia Calvo Garrido; [2023]
    Keywords : theatre; participatory theatre; participatory art; development; social change; city; urban; communication; communication for development;

    Abstract : This research studies how participatory theatre (PT) as a communication tool can promote development and social change in the city. Using a project developed in Johannesburg (SA) that engages the city’s socio-spatial concerns through performance, the paper analyses the participatory creative process utilised and in which ways it opened a space for debate and critical thinking. READ MORE

  4. 3. Mamlets - A Sustainable Parklet Network in Malmö, Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Javier Ignacio Navarro Puig; [2023]
    Keywords : Urban Recovery; Urban Transformation; Urban Mobility; Urban Sustainability; Social Sustainability; Democratic Design; Material Upcycling; Circular Economy; Arts and Architecture; Technology and Engineering; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Today cities are the result of centuries of history and human development, accelerated during the past 100 years. Post-industrialization, modernism’s top-down city planning approach, and the prioritisation of motor vehicle design over humans resulted in more people moving to cities, more space needed to allocate new vehicles, expansion over rural areas, and exponential pollution growth. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Care And Maintenance Of Your Uncertain Movement - A Text Document About How Text Moves The Body And The Uncertainty In Reflecting Critically

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

    Author : Marcella Steen; [2021-04-01]
    Keywords : Dance Art; Contemporary Dance; Dancer; Choreography; Contemporary Art; Critical Production; Institutional Critique; Site Specific; Creative Writing; Artistic Research; Movement Research; Tacit Knowledge; Subjective Perspective;

    Abstract : The Care And Maintenance Of Your Uncertain Movement explores how words formulate a dance based artistic practice and the uncertainty in the words to reflect critically. This text is about seeking where the research intrinsically is in an artistic process, as an artistic process is a collection of many things. READ MORE

  6. 5. ARTivistic strategies

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

    Author : Annika Britt Lewis; [2021-04-01]
    Keywords : artivism; strategies; arenas; sites; performance; theatre; dance; art; activism; devising; contemporary; performance art; physical theatre; site specific; intervention; subversive; composition; methods; multidiciplinary; manuscript; omnipresence; hydra; multi-spacial; manifest; undercover; public space; tools; choreography; performance lecture; immersive; interactive;

    Abstract : This is a reflection on contemporary performance work and it’s various strategies and methods in the interdisciplinary field of theatre, dance and performance art. Researching performative art in public space I’m posing the question; how can one develop new artistic strategies and arenas for dialog in and with our current society? By mapping my own practice and selected works, I emphasise the position of working outside of the theatre institutions and venues. READ MORE