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OverviewTo Henri Lefebvre, the space and 'lived everydayness' of the inter-dependent, multi-faceted city produces manifold possibilities of identifiction and realisation through often imperceptible interactions and practices. 'Art and the City' takes this observation as its cue to examine the role of art against a backdrop of globally rising urban populations, taking into account the more recent performative and relational 'turns' of art that have sought in their city settings to identify a participating spectator - an implicated citizen. In exploring how artworks present themselves as a means by which to navigate and plot the city for a writing interlocutor, Nicolas Whybrow discusses diverse examples, representing three key modern modalities of urban arts practice. The first, walking, involves works by Richard Wentworth, Francis AlA s, Mark Walllinger and others, the second, play, includes art by Antony Gormley, Mark Quinn and Carsten Holler. The third, cultural memory, Whybrow addresses through the controversial urban holocaust memorial sites of Peter Eisenman's memorial in Berlin and Rachel Whiteread's in Vienna. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nicolas Whybrow (School of Theatre Studies, Coventry University, UK)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: I.B. Tauris Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.386kg ISBN: 9781845114657ISBN 10: 1845114655 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 30 October 2010 Audience: General/trade , Adult education , General , Further / Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Talking art Encountering art The urban body Section 1: Chapter 1 The future of art is urban Seeing the street Work/play City-specific art Relational art Relational bodies Chapter 2 Relational writing Spatial practice Situated encounters Writing art and the city Section 2: Chapter 3 Walking with Wentworth et al Talking the walk Footprints Munster footwork Chapter 4 London playing fields Urban mobilisations Running free Art and play Chapter 5 Berlin, Vienna: performing Holocaust memory Not just a game The silent 'H' word Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationNicolas Whybrow is Associate Professor in the School of Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies at the University of Warwick, UK. His books include 'Street Scenes: Brecht, Benjamin and Berlin' and, as editor, 'Performance and the Contemporary City: An Interdisciplinary Reader'. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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