Artists all over Europe are developing new forms of performance and relationships with their audience, reaching beyond the usual “art spaces” – on the quest for a new kind of public space.
By reaching beyond established cultural sites, achieving a close and direct contact with people and deeply focussing on processes of change in the urban environment, art can make an enduring contribution to the development of cities and citizens. In this way, populism can be forced to give way to art and to the people.