When we step outside, what place are we looking for? proposes artistic creation as a tool to reimagine the urban context and to restore a political and participatory dimension to public space.
In a time marked by persistent territorial inequalities, accelerating ecological crises, and the erosion of traditional forms of civic participation, art in public space assumes an increasingly vital role in shaping fair, conscious, and sensitive urban futures. This publication represents a strategic and politically clear statement: a defence of artistic creation as an integral part of public policies for urban and cultural development, and as a mechanism for listening, mediation, repair, and collective imagination.
The work forms part of the Outdoor Arts Portugal sectoral development project, promoted by Bússola with the support of the Portuguese Republic – Directorate-General for the Arts. It is aimed at artists, programmers, municipal officers, urban planners, architects, researchers, and policymakers.