No maintenance: a provocation for art and design in health care settings.

Fremantle, Chris

Abstract

Briefs for public art commissions in healthcare frequently include stipulations of ‘low’ or ‘no maintenance’. In other contexts, such as environmental assessments, the stipulation ‘no management is the best management’ can be found. This raises the question whether art works for healthcare should be re-imagined as benefitting from the ‘no maintenance’ regime. The author draws on the history of maintenance in art including ‘1969 Manifesto for Maintenance Art’ by Mierle Laderman Ukeles (b.1939). A speculative brief setting out the creative challenge of ‘no maintenance’ forms part of the provocation.

Citation

FREMANTLE, C. 2017. No maintenance: a provocation for art and design in health care settings. Design for health [online], 1(1), pages 80-85. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/24735132.2017.1294844

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 10, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Mar 10, 2017
• Publication Date: Jun 30, 2017
• Deposit Date: Jul 18, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 11, 2018
• Journal: Design for health
• Print ISSN: 2473-5132
• Electronic ISSN: 2473-5140
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 80-85
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/24735132.2017.1294844
• Keywords: Art; Design; Health care; Hospitals; Maintenance; Management; Brief
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2407