Spatiality and Public Art. Thoughts on Sound and Urban Space

Abstract

The paper takes up a problem of definition that is often debated nowadays in the field of Sound Art and moves it to the field of Public Sound Art: What is the role of Public Sound Art in contemporary art? Are we enriching the field by validating this expression to denote a group of works created with sound in the public space? The paper addresses these questions focusing at the same time on spatiality, a concept used by Edward Soja to describe the socially-­‐produced spaces, that sound creation tackles in the public space. The paper also presents a review of the exhibition Augmented Spatiality which was based on these topics and took place in August 2013 in Stockholm, Sweden.