1. Shaping Impressions of the Space: Effects of Street Art/Graffiti in Different Public Space Contexts
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Štambuk, Marina, Bahmatova Nerlović, Margarita, Komšo, Kristina, Miholić, Antonela, Spajić, Lara, Štambuk, Marina, Bahmatova Nerlović, Margarita, Komšo, Kristina, Miholić, Antonela, and Spajić, Lara
- Abstract
Art plays a prominent role in shaping urban aesthetic value, image, and identity of public spaces. This paper aimed to examine the role of street art and graffiti in shaping impressions of the space using a correlational and experimental design in an online study with 874 participants (69% female, aged 15 to 66 years). The participants rated their impression of the space on an 8-item scale for a series of photographs of street art/graffiti and public space combinations. The results showed that street art/graffiti changed the impression of the space from rather neutral to more comfortable, appealing, playful, interesting, and safe. While the tag mostly had no significant effects, style writing and the mural had strong and positive effects. Implications of the study's results provide input for the rehabilitation and design of public spaces., Umjetnost ima istaknutu ulogu u oblikovanju urbane estetske vrijednosti, dojma i identiteta javnih prostora. Cilj istraživanja bio je ispitati ulogu ulične umjetnosti/grafita u oblikovanju dojma o prostoru putem korelacijske i eksperimentalne metode u on-line istraživanju s 874 sudionika (69 % žena, dobi od 15 do 66 godina). Sudionici su procjenjivali dojam prostora putem skale od osam čestica za fotografije različitih kombinacija ulične umjetnosti/grafita i javnih prostora. Rezultati su pokazali da ulična umjetnosti/grafiti mijenjaju dojam prostora iz relativno neutralnog u ugodniji, privlačniji, razigraniji, zanimljiviji i sigurniji. Dok tag uglavnom nije imao značajne učinke, style writing i mural su imali snažne i pozitivne učinke. Implikacije rezultata istraživanja daju smjernice za obnovu i planiranje javnih prostora.
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- 2023