On the Impact of Public Art: Engaging a Pedestrian-level Exhibition Improves Neighbourhood Connectedness and Well-being DOI Open Access

Corinna Kühnapfel,

mackenzie D Trupp, Matthew Pelowski

et al.

Published: July 29, 2024

Interest is emerging in how art can enhance well-being and positively impact mental health. One aspect concerning a more wide-ranging view of the potential impacts idea that engaging make us feel connected to our neighborhood or surroundings give sense community. Although this has long been goal for artists cultural activities, especially urban areas, it not studied experimentally. To fill gap, we assessed whether free sidewalk-level exhibition on appreciation altered visitors’ connection satisfaction with their neighborhood, as well overall well-being. Using pre-registered pre-post design, asked passers-by engage attitudes before after experience. We also considered participants’ cognitive-affective experiences agreement intended emotions artist curator factors predicting changes. Results showed exhibition, participants (N = 64) felt significantly had improved These changes were higher when by artist. Additionally, feeling expansive emotional states reporting cognitive appraisal terms meaningfulness understanding related connectedness. Our findings provide first empirical evidence serve community-connecting node highlight role artist’s intention, emotions, appraisals galleries. This research could inform future exhibitions interventions.

Language: Английский

The impact and transformation evaluation of art intervention in public space on ancient villages: a case study of Tengchong, Yunnan Province DOI Creative Commons

Pengjun Wu,

Xiaowen Li,

YaFang Feng

et al.

Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(1)

Published: Jan. 17, 2025

As the need for balancing cultural heritage preservation with economic development becomes increasingly urgent, sustainable of ancient villages has emerged as a critical issue. This study focuses on Tengchong, Yunnan, to examine profound impact art intervention in public spaces their development. Through literature review, QGIS analysis, questionnaire surveys, and hierarchical reveals that plays pivotal role enhancing environmental appearance (0.307), social values (0.270), village transformation (0.242), benefits (0.181) these villages. Art not only significantly improves infrastructure optimizes transportation but also effectively protects natural landscapes sanitation, fostering growth. By reasonably controlling costs, provides an innovative feasible pathway development, highlighting its unique value promoting

Language: Английский

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Field experiment on the effect of musical street performance/busking on public space perception as mediated by street audience experience DOI Creative Commons
Robbie Ho, Magdalena Szubielska

Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(1)

Published: June 7, 2024

Street performance or busking is common in public spaces. The literature highlights two psychological issues: the effect of street on space perception and complexity appreciation performance, regarded as audience experience (SAE). present study aims at verifying perception, while examining SAE a mediator this effect. We conducted between-subjects field experiment (a quasi-experiment; N = 292) Hong Kong. Participants assessed without (control) with (experimental) musical essentialism, anti-essentialism, sonic restorativeness, overall liking. In experimental condition, unengaged passersby engaged further evaluated factors emotion, intellect, novelty, place, interaction, technique, outcomes satisfaction donation worth. was perceived significantly more sonically restorative. Engaged essentialist, anti-essentialist, restorative, likeable. also experienced positive outcome variables. fully mediated effects variables, respectively. These findings support impact which may enhance city inhabitants' well-being.

Language: Английский

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Aesthetic Elements of Urban Environments and their relation to Wellbeing: A scoping review. DOI Open Access
Kirren Chana,

Margot Dehove,

Jan Mikuni

et al.

Published: June 24, 2024

Urban human-made environments present a range of potential benefits for wellbeing through their design. However, there is lack comprehensive organization on this topic. To end, we performed scoping review to provide an overview how the urban environment, particularly its designed components, has been previously studied in relation aesthetics and wellbeing. A total 255 articles related were identified, which 122 also The results showed frequency (most least studied) diversity man-made aesthetic dimensions environment within two decades. Our highlights need consensus terminology regarding distinction between concepts, terms/measures ought be implemented more environmental psychology research. All all, basis (1) researchers from various fields, who can use our findings plan future studies, (2) planners designers alike, assess elements designs; so that they make cities aesthetically pleasing, better wellbeing, and, fundamentally, places live.

Language: Английский

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On the Impact of Public Art: Engaging a Pedestrian-level Exhibition Improves Neighbourhood Connectedness and Well-being DOI Open Access

Corinna Kühnapfel,

mackenzie D Trupp, Matthew Pelowski

et al.

Published: July 29, 2024

Interest is emerging in how art can enhance well-being and positively impact mental health. One aspect concerning a more wide-ranging view of the potential impacts idea that engaging make us feel connected to our neighborhood or surroundings give sense community. Although this has long been goal for artists cultural activities, especially urban areas, it not studied experimentally. To fill gap, we assessed whether free sidewalk-level exhibition on appreciation altered visitors’ connection satisfaction with their neighborhood, as well overall well-being. Using pre-registered pre-post design, asked passers-by engage attitudes before after experience. We also considered participants’ cognitive-affective experiences agreement intended emotions artist curator factors predicting changes. Results showed exhibition, participants (N = 64) felt significantly had improved These changes were higher when by artist. Additionally, feeling expansive emotional states reporting cognitive appraisal terms meaningfulness understanding related connectedness. Our findings provide first empirical evidence serve community-connecting node highlight role artist’s intention, emotions, appraisals galleries. This research could inform future exhibitions interventions.

Language: Английский

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