Urban Interventions：Personal Projects in Public Places 公共场所的私人空间

Evolvingfromgraffitiandstreetart,urbaninterventionsarethenextgenerationofartworktohitpublicspace.Usinganyandallofthecomponentsthatmakeupurbanandrurallandscapes,thesemostlyspatialinterventionsbringarttothemasses.Theyturnthestreetintoastudio,laboratory,club,andgallery.Modifiedtrafficsigns,swingsatbusstops,andimagescreatedoutofsandorsnowchallengeustorediscoverourenvironmentandinteractwithitinnewways.Theworkisanintelligentandcriticalcommentaryontheplanning,use,andcommercializationofpublicspace.Witharichvisualselectionofprojectsandmethods,UrbanInterventionsdocumentsthisnewartisticapproachtourbanartthatiscurrentlymakingaprofoundmarkonourcontemporaryvisuallanguage.Thebookshowsthegrowingconnectionsandinterplayofthisscenewithart,architecture,performance,andinstallation.PropagatorsofurbaninterventionsurpriseandprovokewithworkincitiesincludingNewYorkandLondon,butalsoincountriessuchasChina,Columbia,andTurkey.Everywheretheworkappearsitturnspublicspacesintoindividualexperiences.UrbanInterventionsisthefirstbooktodocumenttheseverycurrent,personalartprojectsinacomprehensiveway.