Place-Making Politics in Contested Cities. Lectures and Roundtable Event

Upon the fierce competition between cities and regions, topdown and bottom-up
cultural strategies have been deployed for urban and image regeneration. With
reference to flagship cultural landmarks, the advocacy of public art and the
use of other cultural apparatus for urban development, international speakers
will discuss the problems and perspectives of current place-making practices in
city regions both in Europe and Asia. Another focus will be on alternative
place-making strategies through community-based projects and art interventions.

17.00: Lectures

Keynote: Jim Segers, Citymine(d), London / Brussels
Vitus Weh, quartier 21, Vienna
Ricky Renier, Art in Public Space, Vienna
Howard Chan, Community Museum Project, Hong Kong
Feld 72 – Architecture and Urban Strategies, Vienna
Anthony Po-Shan Leung, Performance Artist, Editor of Inmedia Hong Kong

18.30: Roundtable
Moderation: Elke Krasny, cultural theorist, curator, Vienna

Concept and organisation: Urban Imaginary Series is initiated and curated by
Hilary Tsui, the founder of city transit Asia-Europe – a non-profit platform
for arts exchange, urban discourse and research cooperation between Asian and
European cities.

Eine Veranstaltung von city-transit Asia-Europe.