Ricerc@Sapienza

The contribution it addresses the question of the role of artistic practices in the processes through which public space is constructed, an issue that has come to the fore as a result of the crisis of urban planning set in motion when art, moving away from the concept of monumental manifestations brought forth for celebratory purposes, began acting as a driving force behind initiatives, projecting new languages, new forms of communication and interaction between the work of art, the public and the context.

The relationship between the practice of art and public spaces arose from the cultural transformation, with the attendant changes in cultural disciplines, brought about by the crisis in modernist urban planning, as a result of which art, having distanced itself from the concept of monumental creations meant merely for celebratory purposes, became a driving force in initiatives, engendering new idioms, as well as new forms of communication and interaction between works of art, the general public and the context.

The relationship between the practice of art and public spaces arose from the cultural transformation, with the attendant changes in cultural disciplines, brought about by the crisis in modernist urban planning, as a result of which art, having distanced itself from the concept of monumental creations meant merely for celebratory purposes, became a driving force in initiatives, engendering new idioms, as well as new forms of communication and interaction between works of art, the general public and the context.