Abstract
This paper outlines ongoing research on different types of space appropriation and its artistic expression within socially confined spaces. It explores constructing heterotopias in spaces of social confinement, examining the intersection of utopia, heterotopia, and surveillance. Focusing on closed areas like asylums and prisons, the study observes how individuals create unique environments despite limited belongings. It adopts perspectives of lived, carceral, and surveillance spaces, with a comparative analysis between Ellis Island, New York and Leros Island, Greece. The research investigates how detainees utilize art as a coping mechanism within confinement, hypothesizing that art enables them to transcend their limitations.
Presenters
Nitous AnthousiPhD, Department of Fine Arts, Aesthetics and Sciences of Art, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Paris, France
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
The Arts in Social, Political, and Community Life
KEYWORDS
Heteretopia,Carceral Space, Confinement, Camp of Refugees, Graffiti
