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Repurposing Public Art as Education

2023; Springer Nature (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-030-82976-6_62-1

2197-196X

Anthi Trifonas,

Public Spaces through Art

This chapter investigates the educational potential of socially engaged public art. The case study discussed is the socially engaged public art project Reconstructions of Home: A wandering (2021–2022). This project was presented by the youth arts organization SKETCH Working Arts as a part of ArtworxTO: Toronto’s Year of Public Art 2021–2022. Reconstructions of Home: A wandering was intended as a point of humanization, connection, and education between housed people and dehoused people. Its goal was to bring to light the lost histories of those who inhabit the space beneath the Gardiner Expressway that is now called The Bentway, through in-person activations, discussion panels, audio/visual/augmented reality installations, self-guided walking tours in addition to providing access to food and harm reduction materials.