This article presents public art experiments that have taken place in cities of the metropolitan region of Barcelona, Spain. Some of these experiments were commissioned with the purpose of fostering social cohesion, but instead, they have made social dissent visible. I analyze these public art experiments through two terms that have been often used to question them: utopia and idiocy. I argue that both terms are important in understanding the politics of aesthetics in these experiments. My final objectives are first to assess if these experiments can help us better understand their urban and cultural context, and second if the politics of aesthetics is a good framework to analyze public art experiments.

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乌托邦与白痴：巴塞罗那大都会地区的公共艺术实验

本文介绍了在西班牙巴塞罗那大都市地区的城市中进行的公共艺术实验。这些实验中的某些实验是为了促进社会凝聚力而委托进行的，但相反，它们使社会上的异议可见。我通过两个经常被质疑的术语来分析这些公共艺术实验：乌托邦和白痴。我认为这两个术语对于理解这些实验中的美学政治都很重要。我的最终目标是首先评估这些实验是否可以帮助我们更好地理解其城市和文化背景，其次才是美学政治是否是分析公共艺术实验的良好框架。