"Lee always says that his works are not things in space but things that activate space," Ms. Munroe said.
Mr. Walther's "Work Set" fits perfectly in Dia's collection of largely Minimalist artworks from the '60s and '70s, which consider how objects activate space and viewers' relationship to it.
"Form only exists through color, and color only exists through form". An artist must make a "spiritual" connection with both nature and his materials, he maintained, to "translate his inner world". These and other thoughts, including his oft-referenced ideas about the "push and pull" of picture planes and an activated space within, appear in Hofmann's invaluable book Search for the Real.
Even the simplest materials can effectively activate space, convey meaning, and elicit emotion when used thoughtfully and imaginatively.
The purpose of this festival is to activate spaces for public-making – where familiar and unfamiliar people can come together to engage with familiar and unfamiliar activities.
She also founded the Long Distance Experimental Lab (LED), a platform dedicated to multidisciplinary research on the built environment to activate spaces and conversations.
Not only does "activating spaces" bring underused buildings back to life, he says, but it helps the communities they serve "become a lot more dynamic", by way of new jobs, greater entrepreneurship and increased public interest.
Other people have developed piezo-electric (mechanical-to-electrical) surfaces in the past, but the Crowd Farm has the potential to redefine urban space by adding a sense of fluidity and encouraging people to activate spaces with their movement.
Championing art in public places, CANVAS transforms landscapes into an interactive art experience, activating spaces and engaging with the city from concept to completion.
Below is a glimpse of how creativity and innovation does not just live within the walls of an incubator -- it's out in the streets, through public demos, activating spaces and creating a cohesive sense of community.
