Highrise - Common Ground: Art and the Amsterdam Zuidas Area

by Boomgaard, Jeroen

• ISBN13: 9789078088189
• ISBN10: 9078088184
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-01
• Publisher: Distributed Art Pub Inc

Summary

"Highrise - Common Ground offers a critical reflection on a variety of issues concerning the relationship between art and the urban development of the Amsterdam Zuidas. The book features theoretical contemplation as well as unique contributions by artists in an examination of the Zuidas phenomenon."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Highrise and Common Ground	p. 11
Hiding behind the Laptop	p. 29
What Kind of City Centre Will the Zuidas Become?	p. 51
A Cultural Approach to City Building: Lessons from Forum Barcelona	p. 65
Looking through the Space: The Politics of Appearance	p. 93
Public Spaces and Democratic Politics	p. 135
Art and Public Space: The Question of Artistic Publicness	p. 159
Zuidas in 2030	p. 183
The Dutch Neoliberal City and the Cultural Activist as the Last of the Idealists	p. 219
Logo Parc: a Model	p. 257
Space for Art at the Zuidas	p. 301
Etonnee de se retrouver ensemble: Artist in Residence at SC Buitenveldert	p. 335
Radical Autonomy: Art in the Era of Process	p. 361
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