Agents of Place: Negotiations between Artist and Government in Philippine Public Art

• Main Author: De Leon, Pristine L
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: public art; site-specific art; art installations; art and government collaborations; collaboration in the art; Pasig river; Paoay sand dunes; Himala; Himala sa Buhangin festival; Fine Arts; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/fine-arts-faculty-pubs/9; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=fine-arts-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The paper inquires into public art produced by artists and government authorities. It interprets collaboration as a site of negotiating various interests; holding possibilities for both disruption and complicity; antagonism and amelioration. The research considers two art projects in the Philippine...