Public Art and City Identity in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia: Identity Through Public Art

Abstract

The city has a character that reflects the inhabitants and idealism of leaders who seek to shape the image of the city. An image depicting an entire city area in a particular picture positioning the city among other cities in the smallest area to global area. Imagery control is done with the management of images that appear in the city's leading corridors, as is done in the city of Bandung to build the image of the city as a positioning strategy of creative city and design world. The research method will use interdisciplinary research, involving anthropological approach, material exploration, and artwork. Public understanding, decision-makers to the capital is necessary in supporting the development of the image of the city, the level of interest in the understanding of artwork in the public space as one component that can help build the image formation of Bandung. This research will produce the works of the works that can help support the image formation of Bandung as a whole that is integrated with the character and development of the city.

Keywords: city, identity, bandung, space, public, public art