Actions what can you do with the city

Included are masks disguising children as horses, or sneakers customised for sliding along railings. Exhibition design: Andrea Sala, Milan. Graphic design: Project Projects, New York. You can search for everything here—our exhibitions and events, our archives, the library and bookstore, the articles we publish.

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No results. Slideshow Thumbnails. You must have JavaScript enabled in your browser to utilize the functionality of this website. The book 'Actions. What you can do with the City' explores how the design of contemporary cities can be described and informed by four key human actions: gardening, recycling, playing, walking.

These are crucial actions determining the character of the contemporary urban environment. The book investigates the relation of the city, not only with its own built environment, but also with a more complex range of social economic and environ-mental issues.

International in scope, the 30 essays are published for the first time and include personal observations by a range of activists alongside scholarly reflections on the positive impact these individual initiatives have on the city. The texts are interspersed with 34 specific actions drawn from the exhibition. Introductory essays by the editors Mirko Zardini and Giovanna Borasi provide historical perspective and establish the curatorial framework for the exhibition and publication.

The exhibition is accompanied by the website www. This databank of individual actions featured in the exhibition can be sorted and browsed in multiple ways including by the type of tool employed in the action or the curatorial organisation of the exhibition.

The website features photographs and video resources, and challenges users to respond by posting their own thoughts or initiatives on how to improve the city through individual action. Thoughts A new Urban Takeover M.