Introductory note: public arts for tourism communication?

Public art, in addition to the intentions expressed in its production and writing by the respective artists, or beyond its consumption and interpretation by its audiences, is also understood within the context of the mediation processes between its creation and viewing. Such intermediation is activated by various communication contexts – such as a museum or an event in an urban street or square. Public art is communicated within multiple spheres of the urban public space. In other words, public art extends, and is understood together with (is founded on, and merged with) other social processes, in different ways, according to the type of social environment in which a public art work occurs. For example, a public work of art can articulate or combine socioeconomic, political and cultural dimensions...