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Kunst und Bau: Die Hardau

2012

Abstract

This publication appeared on the occasion of the completion of the artworks by Sislej Xhafa and Zilla Leutenegger in the Hardau. Both works were realised within the framework of the research project "Kunst Öffentlichkeit Zürich"; a cooperation of the Institute for Contemporary Art Research (IFCAR) of the Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK and the City of Zurich, with the support of the Innovation Promotion Agency CTI. The art projects were preceded by urban planning and art historical, artistic and sociological as well as economic historical research, studies and assessments of the Hard neighbourhood in Zurich's Aussersihl district. Some of these were published in the volume "Kunst und Öffentlichkeit - Kritische Praxis der Kunst im Stadtraum Zürich" (ed. by Christoph Schenker and Michael Hiltbrunner, Zurich 2007). The studies and their evaluation served as a basis for inviting the artists. They also formed the starting point for determining factors to which t...