Edited by Giorgia Rizzioli
Giorgia Rizzioli, Introduction – Urban Light, Activist Fight: Redesigning Spaces of Change
Giorgia Rizzioli introduces the Projection Activism dossier with some reflections on urban projection as a means to assert the right to the city.
Giuseppe Previtali, Take Your Desires for Realities: Projection and Political Imagination
From May 1968 to Black Lives Matter, visual and textual strategies have been central to protest movements. Giuseppe Previtali reflects on contemporary projection activism as a tool for bringing new political configurations into being.
Giorgia Rizzioli, Projection Activism as Spatial Practice: Words and Gestures for a Feminist City
Giorgia Rizzioli explores how posthumanist theory helps us to understand the potential for projection activism as a feminist spatial practice.
Mel Jordan and Duncan Whitley, Phoenix City 2021: Art, Regeneration, and Counter-Atmospheres in the UK City of Culture
Phoenix City 2021 explores the role of art in Coventry’s regeneration. Duncan Whitley and Mel Jordan discuss the various iterations of the film and the potential for site-based artworks to challenge placemaking narratives and the politics of the UK City of Culture.
Michael Pigott, Concrete Cinema / cinema concrète
What happens when a Brutalist building becomes a screen? Drawing on the Concrete Cinema project in Coventry, Michael Pigott explores the affordances and potentials of outdoor moving image projection for the analysis and critique of architecture.
Pauline Panetta, Activist Screen Projection Art in the Gentrifying Neighborhood
How do residents respond to public art in gentrifying areas? Pauline Panetta investigates attitudes to activist projection art in Copenhagen’s Nørrebro neighborhood and its Lundtoftegade housing complex.