Essays about: "urban curating"
Found 4 essays containing the words urban curating.
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1. Curating contemporary art, the city and the fl�neur : A walk through Bruges and its Triennial
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetikAbstract : Discovering the city of Bruges through the lens of its Triennial is the starting point to research the potential for contemporary art to influence one?s way of experiencing the city. Taking the case study of a still not so renowned large-scale event like the Bruges Triennial, this thesis investigates the background of this recurring event, how it started, the evolution of its curatorial process and its socio-political challenges being set, every three years, in the context of a Unesco-protected site. READ MORE
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2. Curating the Subversive : Illegal Graffiti in Urban Space on the Example of Berlin and how to Approach it Curatorially
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetikAbstract : Within curatorial practice, graffiti has come to little attention. On the occasion of the street art hype during the 2000s, graffiti appeared only as a minor component. Considering, that graffiti remains an undefined and mostly illegal and uninstitutionalized practice, the fact that it is not a common exhibition topic seems self-evident. READ MORE
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3. Urban Curation - An explorative study on understandings, roles and functions of curating practices in urban contexts
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : Curating practices appear in various fields as a common practice of immaterial labour today. To ‘curate’ is an active verb that suggests ‘doing’ something. Seldom if ever are the implications of curating critically discussed outside the arts, and this provides a reason for this thesis to investigate. READ MORE
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4. The New Beauty Council investigates : when form becomes behaviour
University essay from Institutionen för Interdisciplinära Studier (IS)Abstract : The New Beauty Council (NBC) project, in its different forms and shapes, is about the multiple perceptions of urban space and design. NBC’s work includes performances, public projects, speaker series, urban curating and collaborations that engage innovative strategies of production as well as dialogues. READ MORE