Art and Artists' Effects on Social Spaces

After visiting Washington Square Park, I decided that I wanted to observe more closely how art and "artists" affect social spaces in New York City. Furthermore, when I says "artists," I am actually referring to anyone who creates a public spectacle, not just the more traditional forms of artists. The course that I am taking for summer school which has provided me the opportunity to go on these trips is entitled "Social Aspects of Urban Form: Public Spaces in NYC." Therefore, I will be paying closer attention to how the addition of art to public spaces affects the way people interact around it. Or, to put it in the form of a research statement, I am studying human interaction around urban art forms in order to understand how social spaces are formed so that I can better explain to my blog followers the impact of art on social space formation.

I know that there is an abundance of public art on display throughout the city. I also know that New York City is famous for luring artists in to its streets from all over the world. I think that once I start paying attention to all of the art that is surrounding me while I am in the city, there will be no shortage of examples of social spaces being created left and right. Art invites one's opinion, and human interaction about art is basically inevitable.