DOI: 10.36871/hon.202002019
Authors
С. A. Kartseva
Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russian Federation; Moscow International University, Moscow, Russian Federation
Abstract
Combining educational environment with art has a long tradition within university museums,
which are a valuable research resource, responsive to the needs of teaching, research
and educational activities. At the same time, today not every school, university or research
center has or can afford such museums. The article discusses innovative formats of interaction
between educational institutions and artistic practices through public art — contemporary
art practice, intended for the unprepared audience and implying the demonstration of art in
a public, non-institutional environment.
The article reveals the essence of the concept of public art, its evolution from understanding
itself as an object to procedural and social practice; indicates the communicative, cultural and
symbolic potential of public art in the formation of environments, communities, in the promotion
of innovative ideas on the basis of universities or other educational institutions on the example
of projects implemented at the National Research University Higher School of Economics,
Moscow International University, Skolkovo Innovation Center. The conclusions of the article are
the practical recommendations for creating public art projects on the territory of modern educational
and research centers, based on communicative, site-specific, socially engaged approach.
Keywords
contemporary art, art in social environment, socially engaged art, creative industries
