Research On Public Art Intervention And The Public Potential Of Urban Space

With the development of new urbanization period in China.Business and capital has occupied the urban public space,and some commercial public spaces have emerged that are not owned by the collective but play the role of “public space”.Under establishing urbanization and the new city's civilized lifestyle,the involvement of art in public space has become the best choice for urban renewal and cultural diversity,and the pursuit of urban spirit.Public art is an indispensable component of the space.For the particularity,Contemporary public art not only activates the opening and sharing of commercial public space,but also reveals the social reexamination of public rights,thus producing the “publicity” of space.This paper takes the cultivation of OCT-LOFT as the research object,to explore the public art intervention in the place and how to balance the contradiction between business and publicity.The virtuous cycle model formed by it is worth exploring and learning.This study uses Lefebvre's space theory to explore how to negotiate and cooperate by government,enterprises,experts,and citizens.Therefore,spatial publicity isn't a priori existence,but is generated in the practice of multi-party subject.In order to scientifically evaluate the publicity of public space,we use the four dimensions of "accessibility,ownership,interest,and intersubjectivity" to judge the spatial publicity.Through in-depth interviews with the heads of the OCT Creative Culture Park,members of the OCT Contemporary Art Center,and participants in the event,as well as questionnaires,we explored the interaction and negotiation of the four main bodies in the public art practice,and then produced the space “publicity”.Research shows that with the cooperation of the government's,the enterprise separates the cultural industry and public art functions creating a multicultural atmosphere,OCAT insistence on the public art spirit,artists create new expression.Public art maintains publicity,so that the commercial public space would reach accessibility and serve the public interest new way.In space practice,citizens have acquired cultural rights through public art and established relevant art self-organizing communities to achieve intersubjectivity.Therefore,under the public art practice of the government,enterprises,artists and citizens,while the place has gained brand spillover effects,the publicity of space has been nurtured.However,compared with the public art of the West,it is found that the public art practice in China is mostly one-sided output by the government,enterprises and artists.The core of the theme selection is absent from the citizens,and they play the role of “visitor” not the "participant".However,due to the lack of subjective consciousness,the citizens does not care about their own vacancies,which has caused the "difficulties" of public production in the space.