Jennifer Allen

Is the city still a “public space”? Where does the publicsphere start and the private sphere end? If the border between them is unclear, what happens to “art in public space”?

Digitisation has made traditional physical borders – doors, fences, curtains – obsolete. The old laws of nationstates are being challenged by the Internet, which eludes territories, while secret state spying spreads. The pillars of public life – mass media, culture (films, music, books), even shopping – have been shaken by downloading and sharing.

While considering digital civic space, this lecture focuses on photography (from the demise of analogue photojournalism archives, like the Black Star Agency, to the rise of “selfies”). Theories of public space (from Abbé Grégoire to Richard Sennett) will be addressed along with public art works (Elin Wikström, Seth Price, Katharina Grosse, among others).

List of references from the talk

1) Introduction
- Hildegund Amanshauser, "'Vergnügliche Situationen'. 
Über aktuelle performative Projekte im öffentlichen Raum und einige ihrer Vorläufer" 
 in: Veröffentlichte Kunst, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Niederösterreich (2004)

2) Digital Dissolution of Private / Public
- Interview with Edward Snowdon in The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/jul/17/edward-snowden-video-interview
- CBC television report The Sextortion of Amanda Todd (2013)
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/episodes/2013-2014/the-sextortion-of-amanda-todd

3) From Seth Price to Sweden
- Nan Goldin
- Seth Price, Dispersion (2002)
http://sethpriceimages.com/tagged/books
- Monica Bonvicini, Don't Miss a Sec (2004)
- Elmgreen & Dragset
- Atelier van Lieshout
- Maria Papadimitriou
- Marina Abramovic, The Artist is Present (2010)
- Jay Z, Picasso Baby (2013)

Swedish public art works:
- Statue of Charles XIV John of Sweden at Karl Johans Gate in Stockholm
- Niki de Saint Phalle & Jean Tinguely, The Fantastic Paradise (1966) at Moderna Museet
- Elin Wikström, What would happen if everyone did this? (1993)
- Lena Malm, Have you wondered how many people have the same name as you? I did (1994-99)
- Anna Odell, Unidentified Woman (2009)

4) Yesterday… Or Today?
- Abbé Henri Grégoire, Rapport sur le vandalisme (Report on vandalism, 1794)
- Alexandre Lenoir, Musée national des monuments français
- Richard Sennett, The Fall of Public Man (1977)
- Mariella Pandolfi & Didier Fasin, Contemporary States of Emergency. The Politics of Military and Humanitarian Interventions (2010)
- Eva Illouz, Warum Liebe weh tut (2011) / Why Love Hurts. A Sociological Explanation (2012)
- Jacques Rancière, Le spectateur émancipé (2008)
- Gelatin, Arc de Triomphe (2003)
- Augusto Boal, Invisible Theater (c. 1970-1980)

5) Emancipated Spectators or Prisoners of the Spectacle?
- The American TV comedy Portlandia on art projects

6) Beyond the Looking Glass
- David Cronenberg, The Fly (1986)
- Timur Si Qin, Axe Effect (2011-)
- Woody Allen, Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)

De Ateliers, Amsterdam:
- Penny Andrea, Disappearing Act (2013)
- Timmy van Zoelen, Sade Saló Solar (2013)
- Christophe Westermeier, photographic works

- Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Stills (1977-80)
- Richard Prince, Untitled. Cowboy (1987)
- Judith Butler, Gender Trouble (1990)
- Faysal Mroueh, work in progress
- Tanja Ritterbex, painterly diary
- Anthony Nestel, Chaim (2014-ongoing)
- Paolo Chiasera, II. Stile (Second Style, 2013-ongoing), a trompe l'oeil gallery with paintings by Lea von Wintzingerode (Chiasera also showed Riccardo Previdi's video projections).
- Vassiliki-Maria Plavou, Locus Erectus (2013) on the Athenian gay cruising area
- Marcel Duchamp, The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even. The Large Glass (1925-23)

7) In a Country of Images
- Michelle Orange, "Pixelation Nation: Photography, Memory and the Public Image", in This is Running for Your Life (2013)
- James Richards's work
- Ethan Hawke in Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise (1995), Before Sunset (2004) & Before Midnight (2013)
- The anti-Islamic propaganda clip Innocence of Muslims (2012)
- "Oscar selfie" tweet taken by an actor for the host Ellen Degeneres
- "Four more years" tweet showing President Obama hugging his wife upon re-election
- J.L. Austin's speech acts
- Getty Images
- Beyoncé, Countdown (2011) music video
- Beyoncé, live performances at the 2013 Superbowl halftime
- Heji Shin, Transformation (2013)
- Alexi Lubomirski, Blue (2013)