Modernism, cosmopolitanism and consumer culture

本项目旨在探讨百货公司作为世纪上半叶现代主义和世界主义跨国传播的重要场所。通过主要关注悉尼，并对东京和纽约进行比较研究，该项目预计将推进对百货公司在推动新形式的创意参与、消费者知识和社会互动方面的重要作用的重要认识，这些都塑造了这座雄心勃勃的国际大都市。预期的结果包括理解百货公司如何增强公众对现代主义的参与。这将有利于目前利用艺术振兴商业和城市空间的举措。

This project aims to investigate the department store as a significant site for the transnational dissemination of modernism and cosmopolitanism in the first half of the 20th century. Through a primary focus on Sydney, with comparative studies of Tokyo and New York, the project expects to advance important knowledge of the department store’s vital role in driving new forms of creative engagement, consumer knowledge and social interaction that shaped the aspiring cosmopolitan city. The expected outcomes include an understanding how the department store enhanced the public's engagement with modernism. This will benefit current initiatives using the arts to revitalise commercial and urban space.