Carolyn S. Loeb
The City as Subject: Public Art and Urban Discourse in Berlin
The City as Subject: Public Art and Urban Discourse in Berlin
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Carolyn S. Loeb's book "The City as Subject" explores how public art in Berlin has challenged mainstream urban development practices and engaged with citizen activism and a wider civic discourse about what a city can be. She examines legal and illegal murals, post-reunification public sculptures, and images and sites from the street art scene, and suggests that the Berlin Wall Memorial could encourage more participatory and heterogeneous construction of the city.
Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 10 March 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
In her captivating book titled "The City as Subject," Carolyn S. Loeb delves into a profound exploration of distinctive bodies of public art in Berlin. Through meticulous analysis, she unveils how these artistic creations have emerged as powerful agents of transformation, shaping new architectural and spatial vocabularies that draw upon the city's infrastructure and daily urban experience. Loeb's work challenges conventional urban development practices and engages with citizen activism, fostering a broader civic discourse about the potential of cities.
Extending her urban focus, Loeb examines the extensive outdoor installation of the Berlin Wall Memorial, with a mandate to represent the history of the city's division. She conducts a thorough study of its surrounding neighborhoods, revealing that while the Memorial adopts many of the urban-oriented vocabularies established by earlier works of public art, it fails to capture the full extent of the urban division that extends beyond the Walls' existence. Loeb suggests that by embracing more multi-vocal perspectives, the Memorial could encourage the kind of participatory and heterogeneous construction of cities championed by earlier works of public art.
Through her insightful and thought-provoking work, Carolyn S. Loeb invites us to reimagine the role of public art in shaping the urban landscape. Her book serves as a valuable resource for architects, policymakers, and citizens alike, as it encourages us to explore new ways of creating inclusive and dynamic cities that reflect the diverse voices and experiences of their inhabitants.
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350258600
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