The Most Radical Exposure. Displaying Photography in Public Space

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_6955
dc.contributor.author	Borselli Daniel
dc.title	The Most Radical Exposure. Displaying Photography in Public Space
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	Due to its intrinsically objectual nature and its extra-artistic, capitalistic, and coercive public uses, photography holds a highly problematic position in contemporary art practices in urban space. Nevertheless, the growing number of outdoor photographic exhibitions calls for a reconsideration of its critical paradigms. This paper, therefore, presents the main issues related to photographic displays in shared urban space, discussing two case studies – i.e., Steve McQueen’s Year 3 project (London, 2019) and JR’s La Ferita – The Wound (Florence, 2021) – through the socially engaged art lenses of participation, duration, and the artists’ role towards the communities.
dc.relation.ispartof	Quaderni di Venezia Arti
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2022-05-13
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-10-19
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-589-6/the-most-radical-exposure-displaying-photography-i/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-588-9/005
dc.identifier.eissn	2784-8868
dc.identifier.isbn
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-588-9
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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dc.peer-review	no
dc.subject	Art in public space
dc.subject	Engagement
dc.subject	JR
dc.subject	Participation
dc.subject	Photographic display
dc.subject	Photography in public space
dc.subject	Situation
dc.subject	Socially engaged art
dc.subject	Steve McQueen

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The Most Radical Exposure. Displaying Photography in Public Space

Daniel Borselli Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, Italia

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Due to its intrinsically objectual nature and its extra-artistic, capitalistic, and coercive public uses, photography holds a highly problematic position in contemporary art practices in urban space. Nevertheless, the growing number of outdoor photographic exhibitions calls for a reconsideration of its critical paradigms. This paper, therefore, presents the main issues related to photographic displays in shared urban space, discussing two case studies – i.e., Steve McQueen’s Year 3 project (London, 2019) and JR’s La Ferita – The Wound (Florence, 2021) – through the socially engaged art lenses of participation, duration, and the artists’ role towards the communities.

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May 13, 2022

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Oct. 19, 2021

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978-88-6969-588-9

Keywords: Engagement • JR • Art in public space • Photographic display • Steve McQueen • Situation • Socially engaged art • Participation • Photography in public space

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