ABSTRACT
Elisa Yon chose artist-initiated works that catalysed cultural, social, political dialogues on issues around urban regeneration, gentrification, city planning, and policy-making, reflecting the place of social practice in a globalised, post-industrial world. While the legacies of socially engaged art stretch back much further, the boundaries for timeline of socially engaged artworks are 1950 - 2015 to allow for a relatively focused chronology of an already complex and expansive topography. Anthony Schrag's selection of artworks leans towards public projects that resulted in a questioning of the relationship between artists and institutions, such as the collective work of the Artist Placement Group in the 1960s and 1970s and hopes to trace a lineage that explores contemporary instrumentalised uses of social practices. Cameron Cartiere's selection focuses on what she identifies as moments that caused dramatic shifts in the genre, opening up new possibilities for producing public work.
