Freedesigndom: Urban Play

The city, as its offered, is never the final word on urban design. Like landscape doctors, artists and designers look at whats available and devise creative remedies. They set about painting it, tagging it, creating it and removing it. Its usually illegal and its often swiftly removed by the authorities.
But some of the more progressive minds in officialdom have started to recognize the value in what these guerilla artists are creating - works rich in irony and social commentary. So much so that knowing how to deal with unsanctioned urban interventions is becoming a hotly debated public issue.

Scott Burnham, curator of the Droog Event 2: Urban Play event for this years ExperimentaDesign biennale recognizes the urgency. Its ridiculous, he says. On the one hand you have big names like Banksy and Os Gêmeos being commissioned by prestigious galleries while on the other, local governments are authorizing the removal of the same artists work.

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