Form and Meaning: Metal Feline Public Sculpture from Recyclables Materials at Kuching, Sarawak

Abidin, Mursyidah Zainal; Rathi, Mohd Razif Mohd; Jimel, Clement Anak; Wasli, Zaidi; Razali, Noraziah Mohd

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“…As for the notion of "sculpture sustainability", it is usually examined from the perspectives of "ecological arts" and "environmental arts" [26,[29][30][31][32]. A lot of academic improvements have been made in achieving the maximum use of original materials and modern environmentally friendly materials in the design of sculptures, such as low-carbon materials and recyclable materials [33][34][35][36][37]. However, few studies have examined "sculpture sustainability" from the perspective of planning strategies and cultural policies.…”

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Moving Urban Sculptures towards Sustainability: The Urban Sculpture Planning System in China

2018

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Following the continuous development characterized by large-scale constructions, Chinese urban development has shifted to the promotion of refined urban space quality. Urban sculpture, an important part of public arts, has been receiving increased attention in China as an important carrier for highlighting urban characteristics, culture, and history within cultural policies. As a type of cultural capital, it offers innovative methods to address the issues of economic, social, and environmental sustainability, in particular cultural sustainability. Interdisciplinary theories of urban planning are creatively applied to guide, coordinate, and improve the sustainable production of urban sculptures in China. This research was initiated to: (1) Illustrate how urban sculptures are produced through an urban planning system in the context of China; (2) explain what kind of influencing factors in relation to sustainability exist, mainly within the framework of planning strategies and cultural policies; and (3) put forward sustainable planning strategies to produce urban sculptures. To answer the above inquiries, we reviewed more than 100 articles, plans, and government documents, and we conducted several semi-structured interviews. The article argues that urban planning strategies and policies have been conceived as strategic instruments by the Chinese municipal governments to realize sustainable development of urban sculptures. Our findings would enrich knowledge on geographic studies of public art planning through the contextualized analysis of a Chinese urban sculpture planning system. It also fills the gap in the literature on the sustainability of urban sculptures by approaching the perspectives of planning strategies and cultural policies.

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confidence: 99%