Conservation of Art in Public Spaces Erasmus Project

Project Title

Conservation of Art in Public Spaces

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Knowledge Alliances for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

<< Background >>

Contemporary public/urban artworks certainly have a great impact on communities, whether they are spontaneous manifestations of social discontent, or works commissioned as part of urban regeneration or social inclusion projects. Before the CAPuS project, although there had already been some experiences both in terms of scientific research and conservation interventions, the initiatives aimed at safeguarding and conserving public works of art were still sporadic and uncoordinated.

<< Objectives >>

The challenge of the CAPuS project was to make a substantial contribution to the formalization of possible strategies for the conservation of urban art by involving in the partnership and during the project all possible stakeholders.The main goals of the project were: 1) the definition of guidelines and protocols for the protection and conservation of contemporary public art and 2) the development of education and training opportunities in that field.

<< Implementation >>

The working methodology developed to achieve the project results was based on:- the analysis of the socio-cultural context of the artworks- the analysis of the needs expressed by the community, by funding bodies of public art works and by those responsible for their maintenance- the attention to economic, environmental and social sustainability criteria- the use of innovative technologies (for the analysis of the state of conservation) and materials (for the conservation intervention).

<< Results >>

– A digital repository containing a wide range of information and documentation on the studied artworks- Conservation guidelines- CAPuS e-learning platform- Guidelines on training for professionals- Illustrated multi-lingual glossary- The documentaries ‘Time Has Not Helped’, discussing scientific and practical research that has to precede conservation works on outdoor sculptures, and “Conversations on Conservation of Art in Public Spaces”, containing inteviews to Street Art-related artists

Project Website

http://www.capusproject.eu

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 997117 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO & Country: IT

Project Partners

• TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE KOLN
• AKADEMIA SZTUK PIEKNYCH W WARSZAWIE
• SVEUCILISTE U SPLITU
• CENTRO PER LO STUDIO DEI MATERIALI PER IL RESTAURO CESMAR7
• AN.T.A.RES SRL
• H SCHMINCKE & CO GMBH & CO KG
• CENTRO PER LA CONSERVAZIONE ED IL RESTAURO DEI BENI CULTURALI LA VENARIA REALE FONDAZIONE