“Interfering Urbanisms: Art, Temporality, Inclusion, and Decolonial Pathways Toward Circular Futures” Introduction to WG 3 overall developments 2nd Cost year
Agata Pięt

Urban installations and gathering points are intrinsically connected to art, temporality, inclusion and decolonial practices. The complexity and intersection of these aspects open up possibilities for imagining and creating circular futures. Artistic interventions in public space are increasingly emerging as important sites for experimenting with alternative urban imaginaries and practices. Temporary installations and community-led initiatives can become laboratories for testing circular approaches to different materials, collective engagement and spatial transformation.
Recent research in this field spans a wide range of disciplines and practices. On a larger scale, it connects to city planning, urbanism and bottom-up, community-led interventions, with the potential to influence governance models in cities. It also relates to artistic practices in public space, socially engaged arts and building with waste or reclaimed materials. Circularity is understood here across multiple scales – not only in material and physical terms, but also in social, cultural, and temporal dimensions. All of these aspects intersect with inclusion, decolonial practices, and questions of inclusivity, participation and sharing of knowledge.
This work on Urban Installations and Gathering Points weaves these elements together to explore their shared potential for shaping circular futures.