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Art in transit: Mobility, aesthetics and urban development
1University of Toronto, Canada.
Urban Studies (Edinburgh, Scotland)
|January 16, 2023
Summary
Public transit networks increasingly feature arts and cultural programs. However, this article argues transit art
Area of Science:
- Urban Studies
- Cultural Policy
- Public Art Administration
Background:
- Public transit stations globally integrate high-profile architecture, design, and cultural programming.
- Arts and cultural initiatives are becoming standard features within transit infrastructure.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the proliferation and impact of transit-based arts and cultural programs.
- To critically analyze the motivations and consequences of these initiatives on urban dynamics.
- To examine the political and aesthetic economy driving the rise of transit art.
Main Methods:
- Critical discourse analysis of transit art initiatives.
- Examination of institutional structures supporting transit art.
- Analysis of the varied and contradictory ends served by transit art.
Main Results:
- Transit art serves diverse and often conflicting objectives.
- The rise of transit art is linked to an 'expedient' view of art.
- Transit art is implicated in elite, exclusionary, and unsustainable urbanization processes.
Conclusions:
- The proliferation of transit art should not be uncritically accepted as a civic good.
- A critical perspective is needed to understand transit art's role in urban development.
- Transit art's connection to exclusionary urbanism requires careful consideration.
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