January 11th, 2008
URBA 2015 looks at urban art in Montreal
By Christopher DeWolf // 3 Comments
WHAT? Presentation on urban art
WHEN? 5:30pm, Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
WHERE? Room DR-200, Pavillon Athanase-David, 1430 St. Denis
RSVP? Email urba2015@uqam.ca to reserve a place
Art is one of those essential urban ingredients that is too often overlooked or dismissed ("Why do we need art in the metro? I just want to get from point A to B!"). But it gives us a universally engaging way to ask questions about ourselves, our cities and our relationship to public space.
You'll get your chance to explore this topic on January 22nd, when UQAM's urban studies department hosts a presentation by architect, urbanist and professor Denis Proulx on urban art in Montreal. Here's a short description:
Les ingrédients de l’art urbain pour embellir la ville, l’art urbain, ou approche de design urbain, s’appuient sur la multidisciplinarité pour améliorer la qualité du cadre de vie en agissant autant sur le volet architectural, le design, le mobilier, le paysage, l'ingénierie. Il intègre les fondements économique, social et environnemental du développement durable. Plus que des principes, l’art urbain est une attitude, une façon de voir, de lire, d’interpréter l’espace public. Peut-il nous aider transformer la ville? Est-il l’inspiration perdue qui empêchera le design urbain de n’être qu’une opération cosmétique de nos centres urbains? Que peut-on apprendre des expériences étrangers?
Proulx's presentation is part of UQAM's URBA 2015 series of conferences. Space is limited, so save your place by emailing urba2015@uqam.ca. More information is available at the program's website.
Photo: "Pause," a 2005 art installation outside Mont-Royal metro. Photo by Lothann Dohanec
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Eli, the presentation will be in French.
From what I read, I guess the presentation will be more related to urban design than public art. It's "art urbain" in the sense used by the people at Séminaire Robert Auzelle (arturbain.fr).
Any idea if the presentation will be given in english or french?
Comment by Eli
January 11, 2008 | 4:59 pm