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Sound Art as a Practical Alternative in Public Art -Examining Space and Place, Publicity and Artistry, Aesthetics and Ethics-

  • PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE
  • 2024, (45), pp.283~317
  • DOI : 10.33639/ptc.2024..45.011
  • Publisher : Research Institute for East-West Thought
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Received : May 25, 2024
  • Accepted : June 25, 2024
  • Published : June 30, 2024

Kyoung Hwa Kim 1

1한양대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This study aims to explore the potential of sound art as a practical alternative within public art through various case studies. To achieve this goal, the study examines the overlapping concerns of public art and sound art. To begin with, this study traces the journey that public art has taken so far, examining its historical development. It investigates how public art has evolved over time, the challenges posed by the juxtaposition of ‘public’ and ‘art’, and the strategies employed to reconcile these challenges. It also analyzes how critiques and reflections within the discourse of public art have influenced public art policy and practice, and how legal debates surrounding public artworks have shaped a new paradigm for public art. Secondly, it explores the intersection of sound and space within the history of sound art, examining how sound art’s conceptualization of space has expanded from physical locations to encompass social spaces within the public sphere. This analysis includes a discussion on how this evolution interacts with existing paradigms in public art and how public art addresses its inherent limitations. Finally, it examines the aesthetic and ethical dimensions that arise when the spatiality of the body, shaped by sound and listening, transcends material boundaries to extend into social spaces. This examination is supported by an analysis of sound practices within local communities. This study holds academic significance as one of the pioneering inquiries to directly connect sound art with the discourse of public art.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.