Main entry:

Pan, Lu, author.

Title & Author:

Aestheticizing public space : street visual politics in East Asian cities / Lu Pan.

Publication:

Bristol : Intellect Books, 2015.
©2015

Description:

vi, 266 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-266).
Introduction -- Part I. Carnival on the Street: Visual Order and its (Pseudo-)Reversion: Chapter 1. A twisted carnival: state-sponsored graffiti in China ; Chapter 2. Writing at the end of history: reflections on two cases of Graffiti in Hong Kong -- Part II. Aura on (and beyond) the Street: Body, Community, and Media: Chapter 3. Trans-spatial images: traveling graffiti (art) and the possibility of resistance in Chinese urban space ; Chapter 4. Eloquence of silent speech: JR in East Asia -- Part III. Dissensus on the Street: Aesthetics, Politics, and Public Space: Chapter 5. The spectacle of democracy: violence, language, and dissensus in the case of anti-war graffiti in Tokyo ; Chapter 6. The nation's shame? Seoul's rat graffiti incident at the 2010 G-20 Summit -- Part IV. Creativity on the Street: Visual Narratives of East Asian Creative Cities: Chapter 7. Art, urban space, and governance: street mural and "legal wall" in Japan ; Chapter 8. Marginality as centrality: the "Seoul urban art project" and AGIT in Busan -- Special chapter: Voices from the Street: Interviews with Street Visual Producers in East Asia: Interview with VERY ; Interview with Garoo ; Interview with Zyko (Beijing) ; Interview with Ken Lee @Dirty Panda ; Interview with Friendly @Invasian -- Conclusion.

Summary:

"A photo collage of past and present street visuals in Asia, Aestheticizing Public Space explores the domestic, regional, and global nexus of East Asian cities through their graffiti, street art and other visual forms in public space. Attempting to unfold the complex positions of these images in the urban spatial politics of their respective regions, Lu Pan explores how graffiti in East Asia reflects the relationship between aesthetics and politics. The book situates itself in a contested dynamic relationship among human bodies, visual modernity, social or moral norms, styles, and historical experiences and narratives. On a broader level, this book aims to shed light on how aesthetics and politics are mobilized in different contested spaces and media forms, in which the producer and the spectator change and exchange their identities"--Back cover.

ISBN:

9781783204533 print
1783204532 print
ePDF
9781783204540
1783204540
ePUB
9781783204557
1783204559

Subject:

Public art East Asia.
Art Political aspects East Asia.
Street art East Asia.
Art and Design.
Art Political aspects.
Public art.
Street art.
East Asia.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 291510
Call No.: BIB 235197
Status: Available