Artistic interventions for urban innovation

Comparing new forms of engagement in public space by two local initiatives

authored by: Riccarda Cappeller
Abstract: This article looks at artistic interventions as impulses for urban innovation. It investigates their ability to create the conditions for new forms of engagement, influence, rethink or enable new kinds of cooperation or experimental ideas to approach the urban context. Two examples are examined, focusing on their production and the emergence of new roles at the intersections of disciplines or in processes of co-creation. The architects and designers involved in this process become “intermediate actors”. Their doing shifts from creating spaces to creating experiences and new public interfaces where city-making and social engagement is re-imagined, discussed and tested. The artistic interventions selected show new formats established in or at the intersection with public space. As catalysts for transformation processes they contribute to an urban and cultural knowledge creation and address a shift of focus in approaches towards an urban context.
Organisation(s): Territorial Design and Urban Planning
Type: Article
Journal: CITIES
Volume: 147
No. of pages: 12
ISSN: 0264-2751
Publication date: 04.2024
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Development, Sociology and Political Science, Urban Studies, Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.104792 (Access: Open)

BibTeX

@article{1bef7f38e9ca4220a353b4af8a261b47,
title = "Artistic interventions for urban innovation: Comparing new forms of engagement in public space by two local initiatives",
abstract = "This article looks at artistic interventions as impulses for urban innovation. It investigates their ability to create the conditions for new forms of engagement, influence, rethink or enable new kinds of cooperation or experimental ideas to approach the urban context. Two examples are examined, focusing on their production and the emergence of new roles at the intersections of disciplines or in processes of co-creation. The architects and designers involved in this process become “intermediate actors”. Their doing shifts from creating spaces to creating experiences and new public interfaces where city-making and social engagement is re-imagined, discussed and tested. The artistic interventions selected show new formats established in or at the intersection with public space. As catalysts for transformation processes they contribute to an urban and cultural knowledge creation and address a shift of focus in approaches towards an urban context.",
keywords = "Artistic intervention, City-making, Create experience, Intermediate agency, Public space as catalysts for innovation and public interface, Urban and cultural learning",
author = "Riccarda Cappeller",
note = "Funding Information: The second case study are programs and art installations, curated by members of the architecture firm “cappellerarchitekten” in collaboration with the church community, in the framework of the restauration and cultural reactivation of the “Marktkirche Unser Lieben Frauen” (“Market church of our dear lady”), also called “Marienkirche” (St. Mary's church) in Halle/Saale. It was a project of the EU Structural Funds for regional development (ERDF), running from May 2020 to June 2022. Part of this project and the funding obtained was the re-opening and material restauration of the 6 m 2 small praying rooms (German: Gebetst{\"u}bchen), located around the surface of the church at the ground floor level and opening to the outside. (...) Both programs were created and achieved through additional funding from two foundations and were independent from the ERDF projects, both financially and organizationally. ",
year = "2024",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1016/j.cities.2024.104792",
language = "English",
volume = "147",
journal = "CITIES",
issn = "0264-2751",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd.",
}