The Role of Art Developer in the Formation of Contemporary Art Practices
Filling the spaces of abandoned industrial areas with new content is an urgent problem of the present time. Successful redevelopment of post-industrial locations suitable for the deployment of the latest artistic practices is possible with the multi-vector practice of a new type of figure—the art developer. This concept isintroduced into the scientific circulation in the article. The activity of an art developer is a special art of mixing and performing a number of functions inherent, specifically, to a curator, art manager, and developer. Exemplified with the author’s experimental project of Carbon Аrt Residence (Kyiv), the main content of the art developer’s work is analyzed. According to the project approach, it includes three main stages: concept — project — implementation. Artworks in various creative formats tested in Carbon Аrt Residence are presented.