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    "title": "Enjoying Public Space in Swiss Cities",
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    "abstract": "From transforming fire-hydrants, to public snow-sculpting, to growing \"mini-gardens,\" Swiss cities and towns are undertaking initiatives to re-imagine the urban experience, in order to make it more pleasant, memorable, and relevant, for its residents. Here, I share several art projects that I have been involved in first-hand over the past several years, starting in the 1980s in the town of St. Gallen and in the village Braunwald, Switzerland, demonstrating how: a) through the re-painting of fire-hydrants as dwarfs, fairytales come alive in urban places, which re-energizes public places in rather unpredictable ways; b) through public snow-sculpting using scratched ice from a local ice-rink, discarded material is put into new, creative, and decorative use; and c. through guerilla gardening in public places, locals take care for a “mini-garden” set by the council in a wooden frame, creating a shared experience that will culminate in having a meal together, cooked from the vegetables grown in the mini-garden, and shared on the street, where the mini-garden is located.",
    "language": "en",
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            "word": "snow sculpting, art, social gardening, fire hydrants, public demonstrations"
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            "first_name": "Beat",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Brunner",
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            "institution": "Sculptura",
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    "date_submitted": "2016-01-19T13:36:34-08:00",
    "date_accepted": "2016-01-19T13:36:34-08:00",
    "date_published": "2016-10-21T15:52:53-07:00",
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