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Arte Útil archive nr:

330

Initiator:

Nelson Brissac

Location:

Brasil

Category:

politics, urban-development, economy, social

Users:

Vito Acconci, Giselle Beiguelman, Casa Blindada, Waltercio Caldas, Maurício Dias / Walter Riedweg, Carlos Fajardo, Nelson Felix, Hannes Forster, José Wagner Garcia, Marco Giannotti, Carmela Gross, Rem Koolhaas, Atelier Van Lieshout, Antoni Muntadas, Ary Perez, Hermann Pitz, Avery Preesman, José Resende, Schie 2.0 / Urban Fabric, Regina Silveira, Ana Tavares, Cassio Vasconcellos, Angelo Venosa, Carlos Vergara, Krzysztof Wodiczko among the others and the residents of Sao Paulo

Maintained by:

Arte Cidade, CIAC – Centro da Indústria, Arte e Cidade de Minas Gerais.

Certification:

implemented

Duration:

1994 - ongoing

Nelson Brissac
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Arte Cidade

Description:

Arte/Cidade aims to discuss and plan new forms of artistic interventions in urban megacities, in areas which have both structural complexity and socio-spatial dynamics. The project Consists of a new approach toward possibilities for artistic and urban interventions: urban planning, extensive research of the
regions, selection of sites and development for interventions. The project has had four editions: 1 - City Without Windows (1994); 2 - The City and its Fluxes (1994); 3 - The City and Its Stories (1997); 4 - East Zone (2002).

Goals:

Arte/Cidade aims to discuss and plan new forms of artistic interventions in urban megacities, in areas which have both structural complexity and socio-spatial dynamics.

Beneficial Outcomes:

Interventions that relate the vast territory of megacities and the global reconfigurations of economy, power and art.

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