美国公共艺术二十年:关系、转变和数字介入

Twenty Years of Public Art in the United States: Relationships, Transformations, and Digital Interventions

这篇文章探讨了过去20年来美国公共艺术在发展路线上的变化,以及在未来几年可能影响该领域的各个方面。本研究将公共艺术看作一个广阔的动态领域,追踪了该领域的一些突出发展,包括社会实践方法、创造性地方营造和数字技术的影响。本文以当下的时间阶段为语境,论述了近年来发生的剧烈变化,尤其以新冠肺炎大流行和全国范围内呼吁种族公正为代表。在这一背景下,本文探讨了一些可能影响未来公共艺术发展的动态领域:人口分布、文化习惯和资金来源,旨在广泛概述数十年间不断演变的文化景观,并试图以此为起点,进一步思考这一根植于本土的发展趋势和可能发生的变化。

This article examines public art shifts and through lines in the United States over the past two decades, as well as considerations that are likely to influence the field in the years to come. This research traces just a few prominent developments in an expansive and dynamic field, including social practice approaches, creative placemaking, and the influence of digital technologies. The present period that is the context of this writing is fundamentally altered from just a few years ago, marked by the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide calls for racial justice. From within this context, the article considers a few shifting areas primed to impact public art in the future: population distribution, cultural habits, and funding streams. As a broad overview of multiple decades written in the midst of an evolving cultural landscape, this article serves as a starting point, an opening for further consideration of trends that have taken root and changes that may be underway.