URBAN VISUALITY AFTER SOCIALISM
Vesselina Penevska
Format:
Talk & Slide Presentation
Seminar Discussion
Subject:
The presentation will outline the major trends in the transformation of the urban visuality after socialism. By exploring the interrelations between the visible and the invisible it will also try to conceptualize the changes in the Post Socialist city. The sources and the social meanings of the new urban visuality will be discussed as well. A comparison will be made to other Post Socialist and Western cities.
Topics:
1. Communist symbols replaced
Monuments & Images
Objects & Signs
Words & Slogans
2. Public space privatized
Street commerce invasion
Pavements and sidewalks occupied
Parks, parking plots and playgrounds disappearing
Private behavioral enclaves in public areas
3.Urban parterre enlivened
Fests & Concerts
Street processions & parades
Pavement coffee shops
4. New generation of outdoor sales & advertising
Outdoor advertising
Outdoor promotions
ëFind the customerí outdoor sellers
5. New architecture
Emerging v/s disappearing architectural styles
Luxurious v/s deteriorating
Beautiful v/s ugly
Enclaves v/s ghettoes
6. New urbanite
Urban fashion
Cars & vehicles
Outdoor behavior & behavioral rules
Everyday urban language
