Urban hacking, when art reveals the city
Contemporary Art | From counter-power to counter-culture; when the notion of “hacking” is transposed to the city’s public space, the streets become a field of experimentation and potentialities. From an artistic perspective, urban hacking interventions consist of diverting the public space’s usual components and reclaiming its daily vitalizing elements.
Although the expression « urban hacking » is relatively recent, it is regarded as transgenerational. The concept exposes realities that are linked to the urban space; this tendency is perceivable in young artists’ pieces but also in the work of some of the greatest figures in contemporary art. Since the 1960’s, […]
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