Researches shall tackle questions related to the definition, historical and social context and appreciation of art created, performed and resonating within the public sphere in different heterogeneous and homogeneous areas and sites. Particular attention should be dedicated to the different manifestations of public art (e.g. street art, murals, memorials, sculptures and others)often responsible, at least on a relevant extent, for reshaping and redefining urban and non-urban environment also in light of social and political goals.

To sum up, this issue aims at investigating the topic of public arts under many aspects. Some of the main concerns would be:

• How can public art become a tool for social and economic change?
• Public art and the pandemic: a response or a chance?
• Is public art able to address such issues as climate change, democracy, LGBT+ rights?
• Public art and future generations: do we have aesthetic obligations towards who’ll come next?
• Public art, aesthetics and social emancipation
• Public art, consent and illegality
• Public art, urban aesthetics and site-specificity

 

Deadline: April 20th 2022 (EXTENDED TO  10 May!)

Expected release: June 2022

Advisory Editors:

Adam Andrzejewski, University of Warsaw, Poland (a.andrzejewski@uw.edu.pl)

Andrea Mecacci, University of Florence, Italy (andrea.mecacci@unifi.it)

Submissions should be made through the usual mask at: https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/aisthesis/about/submissions.