Art in public spaces THOMAS STARR Boston The writer is a professor of graphic design at Northeastern University. Regarding “public art,” one must first define “art.” And who are the arbiters? Your “beauty” may very well be my “disgusting,” your “deep expression” my “what?” With such a wide variety of tastes, the display of anyone’s version of “art” should […]
Boston Magazine Northeastern revs up public art initiative Jef Aérosol’s stay at Northeastern University has been full of pleasant surprises. In addition to the large mural he was commissioned to spray paint on the side of Cargill Hall facing Huntington Avenue, small renditions of the French artist’s signature stencil graffiti have been popping up all over campus, to be uncovered by passersby in chance […]
Boston Magazine Northeastern takes on new program to bring public art to campus culture These days, Northeastern University is welcoming back more than just students to campus. As part of a new “public arts initiative,” the school will be transforming portions of its buildings, walls, and interior and exterior open spaces into makeshift canvases for rotating art installations created by students, faculty, and artists from around the world. To […]
American Ethnologist Reflections on #Occupy Everywhere: Social media, public space, and emerging logics of aggregation This article explores the links between social media and public space within the #Occupy Everywhere movements. Whereas listservs and websites helped give rise to a widespread logic of networking within the movements for global justice of the 1990s–2000s, I argue that social media have contributed to an emerging logic of aggregation in the more recent […]
Discover How These Urban Innovations Will Improve Your City Anthony Di Mari of Northeastern University’s School of Architecture dreamed up these piezoelectric trees to help irrigate public parks and light them at night. The piezoelectric trees contain a polycarbonate and mesh infill that collects water from rainfall and airborne moisture. The water is then distributed through a shallow underground irrigation system with the help […]
Stubbing Out Cigarettes for Good PERHAPS no public official was as synonymous with the antismoking movement as C. Everett Koop, who died last Monday at age 96. Dr. Koop, who worked tirelessly to turn America into “a smoke-free society,” did not live to see that goal reached. But the rest of us have the power to make it happen. Fewer than […]