Programming video art for urban screens in public space

First Monday ◽  
2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Public Art ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Video Art ◽  
Outdoor Environment ◽  
Moving Image ◽  
Video Screen ◽  
The Relationship

Using the case study of The Bigger Picture, a public art project in Manchester, UK, as its basis, this paper will discuss the practical experience of curating and commissioning moving image artworks for a large urban video screen in an outdoor environment. It will address the challenges of negotiating the relationship between a non-immersive exhibition point and a transient audience in a public space. Detailing experiments with content and scheduling, it will illustrate the potential pitfalls and possibilities for models of programming.

scholarly journals CORREDORES URBANOS COMO CONECTORES DE VIDA PÚBLICA. DIAGNÓSTICO DE LOS CORREDORES URBANOS CENTRALES EN LA AVENIDA 24 DE MAYO, AZOGUES

2021 ◽  
pp. 78-107
Author(s):  
Lizeth Benavides ◽  
Natasha Cabrera_Jara ◽  
Belén Campoverde_Bermeo
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Mobility Model ◽  
Original Research ◽  
The Public ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Urban Corridor ◽  
Siglo Xx ◽  
The Relationship

El cambio de modelo urbano asumido durante el siglo XX, trajo un sinnúmero de problemas como la priorización del vehículo, por lo que en la última década han surgido esfuerzos para dotar de importancia al ciudadano de a pie, en el espacio público. Esta investigación estudió las condiciones físico-espaciales de un corredor urbano donde el modelo centrado en el vehículo se acentúa, con la fnalidad de generar posibles estrategias que reviertan esta situación. Se tomó como caso de estudio a la Av. 24 de Mayo, en Azogues, y se lo analizó mediante una metodología mixta, que evaluó, detalladamente, tres zonas de estudio, determinando que la falta de accesibilidad y conectividad y el modelo de movilidad defendido por la ciudadanía, en general, infuyen directamente en las condiciones del espacio público peatonal y por ende en la habitabilidad urbana, perjudicando los desplazamientos a pie. Palabras clave: Espacio público; habitabilidad urbana; conectividad; accesibilidad; percepción. AbstractThe change of urban model assumed during the 20th century, brought countless problems such as the prioritization of vehicles, so in the last decade eforts have emerged to give importance to the citizen on foot in the public space. This original research studied the relationship of urban habitability with the physical-spatial conditions of an urban corridor, where the vehicle-centered model is accentuated, to generate possible strategies to reverse this situation. The Av. 24 de Mayo in Azogues was taken as a case study and analyzed using a mixed methodology that evaluated in detail three study areas, determining that the lack of accessibility and connectivity and the mobility model defended by citizens in general have a direct infuence on the conditions of the pedestrianpublic space and, therefore, on urban habitability, which afects walking Keywords: Public space; urban habitability; connectivity; accessibility; perception.

Power practices around infrastructures in Glòries, Barcelona

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 517-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Cecilia Chiappini ◽  
Kris Scheerlinck ◽  
Yves Schoonjans
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Dynamic Properties ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Spatial Strategies ◽  
Illegal Migrants ◽  
Spatial Configurations ◽  
Broad Variety ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate ways of practicing political power in public space in the interaction between central and marginal users in Glòries, an area under transformation in Barcelona. Originally conceived as the core of its extension, Glòries is now a battle field where conflictive spatial-social manifestations are strongly linked to pending conditions and partially implemented infrastructural projects. The key actors are in large majority illegal migrants, which activities and spatial strategies are particularly uncomfortable for city administrators; challenging the traditional focus on actors that are stable and institutionalized, included and previewed by the tools for urban projects implementation. Design/methodology/approach To achieve insights on urban spatial articulations of appropriations by marginal actors around infrastructures, the method deployed is to look closely at the interplays between persecuted and persecutors and their ways of practicing power in space in the frame of the illegal street markets in Glòries. This is part of an ongoing PhD research on the complexity of involved processes. The research is executed in diverse work packages: mapping of material transformations (morphology, domain, accessibility and permeability), in diverse timeframes; surrounding functions and temporal fixities, appropriations catalysts; media presences and discussions; crossed references with immersive field work and exchange with locals. Findings A broad variety of illegal street markets have been monitored in Glòries, revealing an increase in scale, frequency and levels of tension. Around them, their dynamic properties can be extracted and measured: spatial configurations, sizes, timeframes, number of traders/visitors, the relation to other elements, the strategies of displaying, displacing and dispersing used by the police. In all, the relationship with the infrastructural elements shows crucial and a better understanding of their relations constitutes a path to understand how both infrastructures and collective behavior contribute to dynamic productive and power logics in space. Originality/value This research and case study are an outstanding framework to explore the concrete spatial interactions and interplays of different power or territorialization processes, i.e. the strategies to denote presence and agency – in novel ways. Focusing on their spatial outcomes in contemporary transformation processes where infrastructures are dominant components is a way to inform the design, practice and implementation of city project and management.

“Something like Happiness”

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 454-468
Author(s):  
Adrienne M. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Eastern Bloc ◽  
Private Space ◽  
Velvet Revolution ◽  
The Family ◽  
Industrial Regions ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Privately Owned

This article uses the medium of film to analyze masculinities at the intersection of the regionally specific with the typical: the peripheral factory town with the universalizing panelák, or apartment block. This article addresses how the private spaces in industrial regions achieve new meaning when the role of the factory or public space, idealized in communist propaganda, has undergone a dramatic transformation. After the narratives that made spaces “great” became irrelevant in 1989 and the paneláky and factories lost their metaphorical meanings, they became simply apartment buildings and privately owned worksites. Within these spaces, many working-class men in industrial regions have faced more difficult transitions than women because they, as idealized workers under socialism, were more invested in the system and lost more from its collapse. Through an analysis of common themes in films released roughly fifteen years after the Velvet Revolution, the author asks how these men relate to the panelák, or private space, when excluded from the masculine, public space of the factory. How does the employment situation impact the family unit? What solutions do directors present to these men who find themselves ill-equipped for life in the industrial periphery after the post-1989 transition? This article draws from and contributes to recent work in the field of Czech gender studies and functions as a Czech case study on the relationship between gender and space in the former Eastern Bloc.

scholarly journals An Analysis of Relationship between the Environment and User’s Behavior on Unimproved Streets: A Case Study of Da Nang City, Vietnam

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duy Do ◽  
Suguru Mori ◽  
Rie Nomura
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Open Space ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Behavior Setting ◽  
Street Space ◽  
Type C ◽  
The Relationship

One of the most insoluble problems confronted by urban areas in developing countries is the shortage of open space; street space allows daily human activities, promotes social interaction, and is seen as a precondition for the sustainable development of the community. Although some seemingly public space is also built up in Vietnam, street space is often where resident’s go to perform activities. This research aims at studying behaviors of users in old street space and the interaction with existing physical settings; as an input to future renovation and the development of street space in a manner that respects the cultural and social context of the Vietnamese people. User’s behaviors in streets and physical characteristics of space were collected and processed in accordance with theories of behavior setting and proxemics using some methods including place-centered behavioral mapping (PcBM) and visual encounter surveys (VES). The analysis showed that three types of behavior, including (1) Type A where various frequent activities occurred, (2) Type B which discouraged most human activities, and (3) Type C where neither frequent nor infrequent behaviors can represent environmental behavior patterns in the old street spaces of Vietnam and for each of these types of patterns improvements have been proposed by organizing street and pavements layouts detailed in this paper. The proposed improvements are based on the relationship between human behaviors and properties of the street space to assist designers, administers, and authorities in renovating and developing better and more sustainable street space.

scholarly journals Urban Public Space Axis Rector of Green Infrastructure in the Current City of Ecuador

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Marina Perez
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Urban Public Space ◽  
The Public ◽  
Theoretical Support ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship

The current city calls for the reconsideration of a close relationship between gray infrastructure and public spaces, understanding the infrastructure as a set of items, equipment, or services required for the functioning of a country, a City. Ambato, Ecuador, is a current intermediate city, has less than 1% of the urban surface with use of public green spaces, which represents a figure below the 9m2/ hab., recommended by OMS. The aim of this paper was to identify urban public spaces that switches of green infrastructure in the city today, applying a methodology of qualitative studies. With an exploratory descriptive level analysis, in three stages, stage of theoretical foundation product of a review of the existing literature, which is the theoretical support of the relationship gray infrastructure public spaces equal to green infrastructure. Subsequent to this case study, discussed with criteria aimed at green infrastructure and in the public spaces of the study area. Finally, after processing and analysis of the results, we provide conclusions for urban public space as a definition of the green infrastructure of the current city of Latin America; in the latter, the focus is to support this article.

scholarly journals The role of an urban festival in public space: case study of the Light Move Festival in Łódź

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Miśkowiec
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Spatial Organization ◽  
The Social ◽  
Space Case ◽  
Social Demographic ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City ◽  
Source Of Information

The aim of this article is to examine the relationship between an urban festival and changes in the social and spatial-functional structures in a city. We analyze the Light Move Festival in Łódź as a case study, showing the use of light in emphasizing local identity and cultural heritage. Data for this study was collected by means of interviews with the festival’s organizers. We also present data gathered in a survey conducted among the festival’s participants in 2016. The results show the social-demographic structure of the respondents, frequency of participation and source of information. We present the correlation between the festival’s spatial organization and the guidelines of the “Attractive Urban Spaces 2020+ Program” (Strategie przestrzennegorozwoju Łodzi 2020+ w ramach programu szczegółowego „Atrakcyjneprzestrzenie miejskie 2020+”). The study presents the possibility to use an urban festival as a local potential for building sustainable social and spatial policy. With constant population outflow, such events may help to attract new residents and rebuild the city’s image. It also creates an opportunity to test temporary traffic solutions and to familiarize the residents with them. Considering the revitalization actions undertaken by the city of Łódź, one might ask a question: What kind of impact does The Light Move Festival have on the city of Łódź?

scholarly journals Acessibilidade da Feira do Mercado de São Brás no Município de Belém: reflexões para melhoria da gestão do espaço público ## Acessibility of the São Brás Market Fair in the Municipility of Belém: reflections for improvement of public space management

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mayra Hermínia Simões Hamad Farias do Couto ◽  
Camila Malena Meiguins Brito ◽  
Estefanie Emiliano Santo e Silva ◽  
Rebecca Costa da Silva ◽  
Wendy Victória Silva do Nascimento
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Efficient Solutions ◽  
Space Management ◽  
Urban Accessibility ◽  
The Relationship

As feiras oportunizam a relação entre pessoas e espaço, por isso a importância da acessibilidade urbana na busca de soluções mais eficientes para um desenvolvimento sustentável. O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar as condições de acessibilidade da Feira do Mercado de São Brás em Belém. Trata-se de um estudo de caso do complexo do Mercado de São Brás, com a avaliação da feira na parte externa. O instrumento de coleta de dados foi elaborado com base na Norma Técnica Brasileira (NBR 9050:2015) e averiguadas com instrumentos sugeridos seguindo as recomendações preconizadas pela Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT). Foram verificados 70 itens, dos quais 34 (48,57%) mostraram-se não estar de acordo com as recomendações preconizadas, 19 (27,14%) cumprem a norma e 17 itens (24,28%) não puderam ser avaliados. A feira cumpre parcialmente a acessibilidade estipulada pela legislação nacional, mas é necessário a preservação e a revitalização do ambiente capaz de gerar soluções mais eficientes para um desenvolvimento sustentável. ABSTRACTThe free fairs provide an opportunity for the relationship between people and space, so the importance of urban accessibility in the search for more efficient solutions for sustainable development. The objective of the study was to evaluate the accessibility conditions of the São Brás Market Fair in Belém. This is a case study of the São Brás Market complex constituted abroad by the Fair. 

scholarly journals Post-development Practices of Public Space, Between Cohabitation and "Domination" of New Atmospheres

2021 ◽  
pp. 185-202
Author(s):  
Abdellah Moussalih
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
Urban Restructuring ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Sharing ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Social Uses

Public space becomes a major issue during urban restructuring. To better understand this specificity, we chose the Rabat’s dock developed as part of the Bouregreg valley development project, as a case study. This space, with its background, has been subjected to a profound restructuring as part of the project. The study of the social uses and practices of citizens through their manifestations in this space makes it possible to identify the evolution of the relationship between the transformation of spatial structures and the production of landscapes representative of the image of the urban area. The transformations brought by this mega-project in our study area show new urbanities. In front of a tendency to micro-appropriation by the upper social classes and the tendency to a smoothed and polished urbanity, is found a more diverse and more complex urbanity which oscillates between a consensual social sharing of public (physical) space and / or maintaining old practices.

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