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Transforming Cities Through Temporary UrbanismArtistic Events as Planning Practice: Hybridisation, Expectations, and Pitfalls in Three Swiss Case Studies

Transforming Cities Through Temporary Urbanism: Artistic Events as Planning Practice:... [Festivals and artistic events in urban spaces have become a common feature in urban development plans as a means of public relations or valorisation. However, more recently, temporary art installations and performances are favoured by public administrations to publicise urban public policies. Artistic events lie at the intersection of two worlds—art and urban planning—characterised by different goals, methods and professional ethos. This chapter considers artistic events as a tool for urban planners and how they affect professional practices. It reviews recent case studies in Geneva where temporary art projects were directly commissioned by urban planning administrations to defuse or avoid potential conflicts over urban development projects. In a tense context where most state-led urban development plans are blocked by political juridical procedures, artistic events are seen as a means of mediation—to get in touch and engage in discussion with the public. Artistic experimentations are often perceived by urban planners as a welcome renewal of their methods and generally receive positive feedback in the profession. However, based on qualitative data from Switzerland, we show that the hybridisation between artists and urban planners is also the source of misunderstandings that stem from differences in professional ethos and temporalities.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Transforming Cities Through Temporary UrbanismArtistic Events as Planning Practice: Hybridisation, Expectations, and Pitfalls in Three Swiss Case Studies

Part of the The Urban Book Series Book Series
Editors: Andres, Lauren; Zhang, Amy Y.
Maeder, Thierry
Transforming Cities Through Temporary Urbanism — Dec 19, 2020
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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
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978-3-030-61752-3
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43 –59
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10.1007/978-3-030-61753-0_4
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Abstract

[Festivals and artistic events in urban spaces have become a common feature in urban development plans as a means of public relations or valorisation. However, more recently, temporary art installations and performances are favoured by public administrations to publicise urban public policies. Artistic events lie at the intersection of two worlds—art and urban planning—characterised by different goals, methods and professional ethos. This chapter considers artistic events as a tool for urban planners and how they affect professional practices. It reviews recent case studies in Geneva where temporary art projects were directly commissioned by urban planning administrations to defuse or avoid potential conflicts over urban development projects. In a tense context where most state-led urban development plans are blocked by political juridical procedures, artistic events are seen as a means of mediation—to get in touch and engage in discussion with the public. Artistic experimentations are often perceived by urban planners as a welcome renewal of their methods and generally receive positive feedback in the profession. However, based on qualitative data from Switzerland, we show that the hybridisation between artists and urban planners is also the source of misunderstandings that stem from differences in professional ethos and temporalities.]

Published: Dec 19, 2020

Keywords: Planning; Culture; Art; Event; Hybridisation

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