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What is a city?

August 16th, 2007 · 1 Comment

By Nadim Karam, Atelier Hapsitus, Beirut (www.hapsitus.com)
I always felt it important to go public.
Maybe as a need to reach the world around me and exteriorize myself. Also as a necessity to address the city culturally, especially the emerging post war cities like (Beirut & others) were the financial issues are first addressed while the city’s […]

Tags: cities · communities · boundaries · geopolitics · public art · contested spaces

ATLANTE MEDITERRANEO. New City-Territory. 12/13 JUNE 2007 VENICE

June 19th, 2007 · 10 Comments

As conclusion of the Atlante Mediterraneo project, the aMAZE cultural lab in Milan together with the department of Industrial Arts & Design of the IUAV in Venice, offer a moment of reflection in collaboration with Venice International Biennial.
An experimental and multi-disciplinary debate on seven “case study” cities (Istanbul, Beirut, Nicosia, Tel Aviv, Alexandria, Barcelona […]

Tags: atlas · cities · territories · communities · public art · cooperation · urban practices · contested spaces