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"Reflections on the rapidly changing formulations of public space in the age of digital media, vast ecological crises, and civic uprisings.""Public space"" is a potent and contentious topic among artists, architects, and cultural producers. Public Space? Lost and Found considers the role of aesthetic practices within the construction, identification, and critique of shared territories, and how artists or architects-the ""antennae of the race""-can heighten our awareness of rapidly changing formulations of public space in the age of digital media, vast ecological crises, and civic uprisings. Public Space? Lost and Found combines significant recent projects in art and architecture with writings by historians and theorists. Contributors investigate strategies for responding to underrepresented communities and areas of conflict through the work of Marjetica Potrč in Johannesburg and Teddy Cruz on the Mexico-U.S. border, among others. They explore our collective stakes in ecological catastrophe through artistic research such as atelier d'architecture autogeree's hubs for community action and recycling in Colombes, France, and Brian Holmes's theoretical investigation of new forms of aesthetic perception in the age of the Anthropocene. Inspired by artist and MIT professor Antoni Muntadas' early coining of the term ""media landscape,"" contributors also look ahead, casting a critical eye on the fraught impact of digital media and the internet on public space. This book is the first in a new series of volumes produced by the MIT School of Architecture and Planning's Program in Art, Culture and Technology. Contributors atelier d'architecture autogeree, Dennis Adams, Bik Van Der Pol, Adrian Blackwell, Ina Blom, Christoph Brunner with Gerald Raunig, Nestor Garcia Canclini, Colby Chamberlain, Beatriz Colomina, Teddy Cruz with Fonna Forman, Jodi Dean, Juan Herreros, Brian Holmes, Andres Jaque, Caroline Jones, Coryn Kempster with Julia Jamrozik, Gy rgy Kepes, Rikke Luther, Matthew Mazzotta, Metahaven, Timothy Morton, Antoni Muntadas, Otto Piene, Marjetica Potrč, Nader Tehrani, Troy Therrien, Gedminas and Nomeda Urbonas, Angela Vettese, Mariel Villere, Mark Wigley, Krzysztof Wodiczko With section openings from Ana Maria Le n, T. J. Demos, Doris Sommer, and Catherine D'Ignazio"

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Author:   Gediminas Urbonas (Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ,  Ann Lui (Visiting Artist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago) ,  Lucas Freeman (Writer in Residence, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Publisher:   MIT School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P)
Imprint:   MIT School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P)
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   1.208kg
ISBN:  

9780998117003

ISBN 10:   0998117005
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   21 July 2017
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Gediminas Urbonas is an Associate Professor at MIT and an artist, activist, educator, and is cofounder with Nomeda Urbonas of US- the Urbonas Studio, an interdisciplinary research practice. Ann Lui is an Assistant Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Lucas Freeman is Writer in Residence at the MIT Program in Art, Culture, and Technology.

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