Arte, espacio publico y cohesión social. Aproximaciones desde Europa y America Latina / Art, public space and social cohesion. An approach to Europe and Latin America”

The following article deals with two events which took place at the Arts Center from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. For two days different experts from Mexico, France, Spain and Italy, along with choreographers, dancers, producers and event planners, shared their thoughts on the following issues: What kind of places are more suitable to perform for an audience? What is the best way to describe the interaction between the artist and the audience and between the artist and the space where he or she is performing? The art of dancing has always agreed with the social demands of the audience? What is the situation nowadays? And finally: What are the reasons for an artist to choose a public space for his performance? Thanks to their different careers and points of view (social anthropology, visual arts, art direction, architecture and social advertising), the experts were able to discuss and provide different experiences related to art, public space and social cohesion in Europe and Mexico as well.