Anthropological Research of Urban Art District-Cultural โReproductionโ
- Keywords:
public arts, urban art district, culture clash, commercialization, free art form, social transformation
- Brief:ย
Nowadays, “art districts” appear in more and more cities, attracting many tourists to check in.
such as :Kabukicho First Street in Tokyo, Japan, the old Qianmen Dashilan area in Beijing, Beijing 798, South Bank in London, etc.ย
These are the “artistic” transformations of the original urban areas through artists.
The emergence of today’s art district breaks the inherent space of this tradition, allowing art to be opened and participated by the public.
The cultural changes caused by the collision between local culture and foreign culture make art truly move toward /dษชหmษkrษsi democracy, and even toward the private space of the public.
- Research problem:
Why are most of the art districts converted from abandoned buildings?
How is today’s art district transformed into art?
How does the urban art district break the traditional concept of art?
Is this free form of artistic expression sustainable?
How do you view the commercialization of urban art districts?
- Research Design and Research Methods:
- History of the Arts District
- Method
The recent rise of cultural planning emphasizes the concept that the city is people, and the cultural “assimilation“ and “conflict“ caused by the immigrant society have made art free and open. The article is an exploratory article for research and analysis, hoping that by analyzing the cases of art districts in different countries and different cultural backgrounds, the relationship between culture, city and art can be further explored.
Case analysis
- London, England – South Bank Art District
- During the European Renaissance in the 16th and 17th centuries, the South Bank of London was a very chaotic and backward industrial area.
- The South Bank Art Center was once the largest abandoned port terminal and old industrial area in London. In 1951, the British government repositioned it as a modern art area and a sightseeing area. In the following decades, the South Bank has attracted a large number of immigrant artists from all over the world. Since then, the South Bank has become one of the most famous gathering places of modern art and culture in London and even in the world. At that time, the economic development gap between the “South Bank” and the “North Bank” was huge, and the backward South Bank had always played the role of an “old industrial area”. Role. It was not until the middle of the 19th century that it received the attention of the government, received some support and development, and the Tate Art Museum in the South Bank District was formerly a power plant.
- Beijing 798 Art District
- (Since the 1990s, Chinese society has been an artistic phenomenon during the transition period from an industrial society to a post-industrial society.)
- ย Located in the Dashanzi area in the northeast of Beijing, it used to be the old factory area of the electronics industry such as the state-owned 798 factory. Beginning in 2002, a group of artists and cultural institutions began to settle in Beijing 798 Art District, transforming vacant factories and gradually developing them into galleries and art centers.
- Development of the Urban Arts District
- Differences between urban art districts and traditional art galleries
- Research Design and Research Methods:
- Official website query
- expert interview?
- data analysis
1. Vertical flow of people in art districts of different countries in recent years/horizontal flow of people in art districts and art galleries
2. What theme is the most attractive in the Art District
3. The impact of urban art districts on foreign tourists
