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Public art forum | Invasion or integration? Public art in urban spaces | Ian Potter Museum of Art

World, new public space by Mark Pimlott, BBC Broadcasting House, London W1.Commissioned by Modus Operandi for the BBC. 2002 - 2012. Image: Mark Pimlott

Invasion or integration? Public art in urban spaces Vivien Lovell, Vanessa Walker Vivien Lovell is the founder of Modus Operandi, an independent arts unit curating and producing site-specific artistic interventions. Based in London, Modus Operandi has delivered more than 110 projects over the past 12 years throughout Britain, Europe and Japan. In this presentaion, Vivien will focus on current approaches to urban public art, contrasting the role of integrated art and the concept of place-making with the notion of the ‘placed’ object as ‘space-invader’. Case studies, including BBC Broadcasting House,…