Pustostan jako katalizator działań artystycznych w przestrzeni publicznej na przykładzie Łodzi po 2000 roku
Uninhabited building as a catalyst of artistic actions in public space on the example of Łódź after 2000

Summary/Abstract: Uninhabited building can be recognize as a symptom of ongoing changes. Emptiness of largearchitectural structures in the city is like a kind of state of emergency, and sign of crisis anddecay. From the other hand uninhabited building can give hope for a new beginning and a neworder. Duration where building is uninhabited becomes kind of liminal event for the urbancommunity. Surprisingly the vacancy can have emancipator and anty-hieratic potential. Cantrigger a public discussion about the situation of the district, the entire city and right to thecity. In postindustrial Łódź Uninhabited building are sanctioned by many historical artisticevents as a place “for culture”. Article presents a specific moment that occurred the firstdecade of the twenty-first century, describing dissonance between the wishful thinking ofbusiness and municipal authorities and real situation of shrinking city. Uninhabited buildingsbecame a catalyst, symbolic material and infrastructure for artists and activists who beinginvolved in the actions focused on citizens right and protection of valuable resources.

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