Urban Subjects is a cultural collective formed with the goal of researching and developing artistic projects focusing on urban issues. Recognizing that globalization has intensified urbanization worldwide, Urban Subjects aims to investigate the global-urban nexus: how are the forces of globalization transforming cities; what roles does culture take in shaping the globalized city; what are the reconfigurations of modernity in the globalized city; and how is the city emerging as a platform for new social, political, and cultural claims of citizens. Urban Subjects is a transnational collective focusing primarily, although not exclusively, on North American and European cities.
The members of Urban Subjects (Sabine Bitter, Jeff Derksen, and Helmut Weber) have extensive transnational experience and education in the area of urbanism, artistic practice, arts organizations, and globalization. Bitter, Derksen and Weber have collaborated on previous projects shown in galleries across Europe: Urban Subjects formalizes this artistic and discursive collaboration of the last 5 years.
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