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Public art is essentially a spatial question. This asks what is spatial about public amidst the increasingly fragmented ideas of space and public(s) that occupy differentiated but parallel trans-local and trans-global positions. Art can bring a visibility to the conditions at hand both far away and up close. For the artist working in public is about developing a thought. Turning that thought into action or thinking in action, at some point some kind of form will emerge and bring a visibility that thought process. The challenge is how do we make this radical?
Mick O?Kelly is an artist. He lectures in Fine Art Sculpture in NCAD. It is currently doing a PhD with Interface at the University of Ulster Northern Ireland.
