Art & Place Conference – Bridging the Gap Between Street and Contemporary

TALKS ● FILMS ● BOOKS

The Art & Place Conference explores the art that works with places, from street art and graffiti to site-specific intervention, public art and land art.
It aims to identify links between newer and more established practices and to open novel doors in both directions.
Our four-day program features talks, films, books, museum tours and more. Access is free to all activities.

ART THAT WORKS WITH PLACES

From the large-scale sculpture in the middle of a square to the smallest furtive intervention, the quality of the art depends on the ability of the artist to understand the setting and make it work.
Society perceives great differences between these practices. However, approaching them from the prism of art reveals how they actually overlap in their essence, and creates a shared field of dialogue with untapped potential.
Art & Place provides a new and necessary framework for the charting of this transversal field encompassing furtive art, public art, urban and rural settings.

CALL FOR PAPERS

From the prism of Art & Place, a public artwork is effective when it relates effectively to its context. This call is interested in papers that explore this kind of art and shed light upon its inner workings.
How did the place inspire the art? How did the art adapt to the place? How did the art change the place? Did the place change the art over time?
Was the relation between art and space fruitful at artistic, human or social levels? Was it detrimental?
What can be learned from these questions regarding art, urban and rural environments, and how we relate to them?

Produced by Unlock Bureau and wissensART Foundation.
Unlock Bureau is the cultural agency behind @thetagconference and @unlockfair, the long-established events spearheading the field of graffiti and street art studies.
@wissensart is a German foundation engaged in urban art and contemporary culture through content creation and working partnerships.