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Interventions is a contribution to current considerations of how cultural initiatives and interventions affect the development of cities. It draws together policies and projects for cultural urban interventions, from the UK, Lithuania, India, and North America. The authors include artists, arts managers, academics in cultural and geographical fields, and policy makers. The book has three sections: the first on policies and strategies for cultural intervention; the second on specific projects (a set of case studies); and the third includes two important research reports evaluating public art and cultural interventions in London, Exeter, the north-east of England, and Barcelona. The book presents a series of positions from different perspectives, to draw attention to these viewpoints, and to encourage debate in an area of rapid change - the cultural life of cities in the 21st century. It takes a generally critical position, and is in some ways an antidote to the advocacy of public art or the blandness of official pronouncements on public culture. It does not assume that 'art is good for us', but asks exactly what interventions in the form of visual culture might do. The answers are as varied as the places described and strategies employed in them.
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CoverVol4 27/10/04 9:36 am Page 1 ISSN 1742-9412 (Print) Advances in Art and Urban Futures Volume 4 Interventions Sarah Bennett This volume presents a series of positions from different perspectives, to draw attention to these viewpoints, and to encourage debate in an area of rapid change – the cultural life of cities in the 21st century. It takes a generally critical position, and is in some ways an antidote to the advocacy of public art or the blandness of official pronouncements on public culture. It does not assume that ‘art is good for us’, but asks exactly what interventions in the form of visual culture might do. The answers are as varied as the places described and strategies employed in them. Matthias Bottger John Butler Ben Campkin Tania Carson Anne Douglas Tim Hall Andrew Harris Andy Hewitt Mel Jordan Interventions Contributors Friedrich von Borries Miles & Hall Advances in Art and Urban Futures Volume 4 Nicola Kirkham Laime Kreivyte Malcolm Miles Laurie Palmer Esther Salamon Chereen Smith Alastair Snow ISBN 1-84150-118-2 9 781841 501185 intellect intellect PO Box 862 Bristol BS99 1DE United Kingdom www.intellectbooks.com AUF Book 4(rev) 26/10/04 10:53 am Page 1 Interventions Advances in Art and Urban Futures Volume 4 Edited by Malcolm Miles and Tim Hall intellect TM BRISTOL, ENGLAND PORTLAND, OR, USA AUF Book 4(rev) 26/10/04 10:53 am Page 2 First Published in 2005 by Intellect Books, PO Box 862, Bristol, BS99 1DE, UK First Published in USA in 2005 by Intellect Books, ISBS, 5824 Hassalo St, Portland, Oregon 97213-3644, USA Copyright ©2005 Intellect Ltd All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission. Consulting Editor: Masoud Yazdoni Book and Cover Design: Joshua Beadon – Toucan Copy Editor: Holly Spradling Set in Joanna A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 1-84150-118-2 ISSN 1742-9412 (Print) Printed and bound in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd. AUF Book 4(rev) 26/10/04 10:53 am Page 3 Contents Acknowledgements 4 Introduction Malcolm Miles 5