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The Future of Public Space: 2

The Future of Public Space: 2
Library Shelf Location 13a.ARIE
Publication Date Oct 2017
Description

This book, the latest in the SOM Thinkers series, aims to address these questions. Here, Rachel Monroe challenges American preconceptions of the wild, wide-open West by addressing issues of surveillance; the series' first fictional piece, by China Miéville, covers an under-examined area of public space under the guise of detective fiction; a study of public art by Ben Davis sheds light on the myths and stigmas that have accrued to public art, also asking what it can become; Christopher DeWolf shares a sensory navigation trip through a directionless Hong Kong; Michelle Nijhuis writes on the shifting ecologies of national parks; Sarah Fecht explores architecture and social life beyond Earth; while Jaron Lanier meditates on the idea of public space online, linking the prevailing, free-for-all model of the internet with a characteristically American yearning for freedom and repudiation of rules and structure. Also included are examples of public art works by Lawrence Weiner.

ISBN 9781942884163
Quantity 1
Pages 144p; 10.8 x 1.3 x 16.5 cm
Author Ben Davis
Format Paperback
Publisher Metropolis Books, New York
Category Planning and the Urban Environment
Keyword Public space
Language English

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