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The Future of Public Space: SOM Thinkers Series
The Future of Public Space SOM Thinkers Series Author:Michelle Nijhuis, Jaron Lanier, Rachel Monroe, China Mieville, Christopher DeWolf, Ben Davis, Sarah Fecht Routine discussions on public space typically omit a gamut of possibilities ripe for critical discussion.This book, the latest in the SOM Thinkers series, aims to address these questions. Here, Rachel Monroe challenges American preconceptions of the wild, wide-open West by addressing issues of surveillance; the series? first fictional piece, by ... more »China Miéville, covers an under-examined area of public space under the guise of detective fiction; a study of public art by Ben Davis sheds light on the myths and stigmas that have accrued to public art, also asking what it can become; Christopher DeWolf shares a sensory navigation trip through a directionless Hong Kong; Michelle Nijhuis writes on the shifting ecologies of national parks; Sarah Fecht explores architecture and social life beyond Earth; while Jaron Lanier meditates on the idea of public space online, linking the prevailing, free-for-all model of the internet with a characteristically American yearning for freedom and repudiation of rules and structure. Also included are examples of public art works by Lawrence Weiner.« less