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Record Nr.

UNINA9910163019703321

Autore

Sacramento Nuno

Titolo

ARTocracy : art, informal space, and social consequence : a curatorial handbook in collaborative practice / / Nuno Sacramento and Claudia Zeiske

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : , : Jovis, , 2010

ISBN

3-86859-900-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Disciplina

706

Soggetti

Art museums - Collection management

Art museums - Curatorship

Art - Exhibition techniques

Art and society

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword | Paul Shepheard; Introduction | ARTocracy; Curator and Shadow Curator; Deveron Arts; The Story of the town is the venue; Projects; Curatorial Methodology; the town is the venue; Reading the Context; Participant Observation; Cultural Audit; Project Layers; People; Context; Processes; Results; Project Practicalities; Fund-Raising; Marketing; Learning; Transferability of the town is the venue; Huntlosen; Sesimbra; Riebeek Kasteel; Shadow Curator Discussion; Theoretical Reflections; Theoretical Reflections: Place and Communities

Looking Around | Lucy LippardNew Communities | Nina MoĢˆntmann; Appendix; Huntly Branding Guidelines; the town is the venue Projects; FAQs; Resources; Glossary; Biographies

Sommario/riassunto

When one thinks about art, public space, and town planning, several things spring to mind: big metal things on squares, roundabouts, or crossroads. Or maybe a landmark that relates to the architecture to make a place look nicer. There are plenty of valid approaches in relation to art and public space. In this book, the relation moves along slightly different lines. It pays tribute to the precarious balance between artistic quality and social consequence. It operates in the autonomous



world of art-relating to a history of conceptual traditions, but at the same time extrapolating towards society