How can dance transform the lives of people living in the city? What sort of cultural infrastructure is needed to support the initiative?
Six teams of writers and photographers have captured individuals and communities in Hanoi for a book, an e-book and an exhibition. Using words, photographs and videos, In a City tells the stories of everyday people: their passions and problems, relationships and routines, vocations and obsessions.
In December 2008, the British Council, in co-operation with the The thao Van hoa newspaper launched a competition called Awakened Spaces. The competition sought engagement from the public to identify buildings, streets and other public spaces that they would like to see improved or transformed.
Members of the public were sent on a self-directed journey through the city armed with a bike, wifi-enabled computer console and headset to guide their experience. Riders wove their way around the stunning foreshore of Sydney harbour, through the laneways of the city’s historic precinct The Rocks, and along the streets of the CBD to map an experience of urban space that was both intensely personal and overtly public.
To build a bridge between Tokyo and London’s creative intervention with public spaces, the British Council co-presented a talk between Ekow Eshun, Artistic Director of ICA and Chair of the Commissioning Group of the Fourth Plinth, and Fumio Nanjo, Director of Mori Art Museum.
UK artist Maria Stukoff and Thai creative group Apostrophy’S have started work on a creative intervention around Victory Monument in Bangkok.
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