An interview series on the shifting nature of public space co-comissioned by Drawing Matter and the Architecture Foundation in 2022.  

Life is more virtual than ever, but in this intensely divided moment, it's arguably our streets, squares, plazas and monuments where power remains most contested.

How does a garden become an act of resistance against gentrification? How can an urban park expose a pre-colonial landscape? What are the boundaries of protest in public space? And what role does architecture play in the the stories we tell ourselves about our collective histories, hopes and dreams?

Liza Fior – The Dalston Eastern Curve Garden (London)   

Lauren Bon – Bending the River  (Los Angeles)              

Manuel Herz – Babyn Yar Synagogue (Kiev)

Jonas Žukauskas – Forest Parts (Curonian Spit)

Mark Wallinger – State Britain (London)    

Andre Patrao – Chora L. Works (Paris)

Mabel O Wilson – Memorial to Enslaved Labourers (Charlottesville)

Markus Läteenmäki – Monument to the Victims of the Revolution (St Petersburg) 

Ana Bonet Miro – Fun Palace (London)

Dank Lloyd Wright – Meme spce (Instagram)