Urban Art Village

Sahil Tiku

O’Connell Street, Auckland 12–15 October 2023 Vincent van Gogh said, “there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.” We need look no further than 2023’s Urban Art Village (part of Auckland’s Heart of the City’s annual Late Night Art) to find evidence of that maxim holding true. Five installations claimed 100m of O’Connell Street–;turning each visitor into the artist, architect and analyst. We start at the Freyberg Steps. The skies darken and the square lights up. You step into this universe, moth to flame, and the installation by Urban Art Village veteran Matt Liggins lures you into the world of alternative architectural discourse. Liggins always enchants; City of Dreams, first on the night’s agenda, invited citizens to dream of the future. Spray-paint fumes pushed the sunlight further into retreat and, from…

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Architecture NZ (Digital) - 1 Issue, November-December 2023

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