Meeting Grounds: On Locality, Community, Connection and Care

This publication explores the physical and digital possibilities of public space in a world transformed by COVID-19, featuring the works of nearly 40 artists, designers, and writers. It examines the formation of community and perceptions of the public amid COVID-19, exploring new communal digital spaces produced in response to physical isolation. Themes explored include liminal public spaces as sites of community, body politics as markers of citizenship, dualisms of place and space, codes of community, care, and intimacy in the digital sphere, and the spatial blending of public spaces in private arenas.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 142 pages
Publication date: 31 August 2021
Publisher: Onomatopee

COVID-19 has had a profound impact on the physical and digital possibilities of public space, transforming the way we interact with and perceive the public realm. This publication explores the formation of community and perceptions of the public during COVID-19, examining the emergence of new communal digital spaces in response to physical isolation. The themes explored include liminal public spaces as sites of community, body politics as markers of citizenship, dualisms of place and space, codes of community, care, and intimacy in the digital sphere, and the spatial blending of public spaces in private arenas. Contributors to this publication include Brogen Berwick, Cleo Broda, Roberta Cesani, Lenn Cox, Jolien De Nijs, Gilles Dedecker, Lewis Duckworth, Alexandra Fraser, Quentin Gaudry, Amy Gowen, Myriam Gras, Floriane Grosset, Claudia Hackett, Melle Hammer, Jess Henderson, Emily Herbert, Eva Jack, Jonathan Johnson, Tamas Kondor, Zoie Kasper, Ola Korbanska, Clara Amante Mendes, Anna Maria Michael, Gina Moen, Ronal Nijhof, Riitta Oittinen, Amy Pekal, Katerina Sidorova, Maaike Twisk, Iris Van Wijk, Nico Vassilakis, Jorne Visser, Anna Weberberger, Jodie Winter, and Chiara Zilioli.

Weight: 154g
Dimension: 126 x 175 x 12 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789493148611