Jochen Gerz’s work develops out of writing, and from this point of view his interventions in public spaces can be seen as extensions of the printed page. Like other artists of his generation, he regarded the page of the book as an already public space, and his goal was to alter its structure. But the notion of the page as a place of social interchange, and as such subservient to the same conventions that control the use of all such spaces, also implied the possibility of its use in those other spaces, without in any way ceasing to be subversive.

Marion Hohlfeldt 1999

Locating art in public space can intensify the individual’s aesthetic experience, for example, in terms of the physical detection of current and former atmospheres, the perception of the foreign/diverse…

Paolo Bianchi 2016