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Unfamiliar Objects in Familiar Spaces

Resource Question(s): FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT
Audience: Planners

UNFAMILIAR OBJECTS IN FAMILIAR SPACES
Over the last three decades the federal government, through its Art-in-Architecture program, has funded more than 200 permanent art installations in cities throughout America. This study examines the public response to a sample of 41 such public art projects and attempts to illuminate the factors that lead to official or organized conflict.