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Summary
There have been calls to incorporate art and urban planning for decades. The
desires of Finnish artists, architects, public officials and politician, presented
in seminars and articles, have been in line with international dialogue, which
has expressed an aim to create a good environment. In particular, there have
been expectations of fruitful cooperation between artists and planners, the
renewal of cities, increasing the appeal of architecture and public works of art
and thus creating employment opportunities for artists. These expectations
have been noted in legislation and cultural policies in Finland.
In seminar presentations in the early years of this millennium, I pondered
what was meant by the collaboration of art and urban planning. I became
particularly interested in the ways the artist has been demanded to
join urban planning, and whether these demands have been met. I asked
what kinds of art and what kinds of planning have been involved in the cooperation
of artists and urban planners.
Artists have been involved in projects for single buildings, but rarely in
urban planning as a whole. Art-related wishes have been realized in the
form of projects in which urban planners and art museum officials have
invited artists to join urban planning. The artist joins a group of several
actors: planners from various public institutions and companies, officials
from public art administration, and invited experts. The present study examines
this form of cooperation. I will approach the topic through interviews
of people involved in art projects. Some interviewees were involved in
an environmental art project in Turku and in a landscape art gallery project
“MaisemaGalleria” in the Northern Savo region, which are presented as
case studies in this dissertation. Other interviewees were involved in environmental
art competitions and producing public works of art for an urban
environment in Helsinki. Based on the interviews, I will describe the
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