Open Museum Open City

ed. by Hou Hanru ; with contr. by Justin Bennett, Ryoji Ikeda, Iannis Xenakis ...[et al.]

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Author(s)

Justin Bennett, Ryoji Ikeda, Iannis Xenakis, ...[et al.]

Editor(s)

Hou Hanru

Publication

Milan : Mousse Publishing, 2014

Scope

352 Pages, illustrated, 24 cm.

ISBN

97888867491377

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Sound has been playing a key and special role in the exploration of reality. For Open Museum Open City the museum MAXXI in Rome was completely emptied out, laid bare, so that it could be filled with sound in order to create an open museum, a condensed sample of an open city. The project offered a challenging opportunity to rethink the relationship between artistic production, architectural intervention and participation of the public. It reflected the complex context of the city of Rome, as a contemporary “foro” for urban transformation and social-cultural experiments.

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Person as subject

Justin Bennett, Ryoji Ikeda, Iannis Xenakis, ...[et al.]

Keywords

art in public space , architecture , installation , urban life , city , sound art , hearing

Geographical location

Rome

Location

Cabinet 11 - 1: Geluid ; kunst

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