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Arrival was planned as a collaboration between Stephen Skyrnka, City Design and Fife Council. It was a public art project that used themes of destination, arrival and belonging in the heart of Dunfermline city centre. Arrival aspired to a series of artworks located in around Dunfermline Railway Station.

Despite securing SAC funding changes in project personnel and other factors meant that the Arrival proposal was not implemented. Described here are details from the original proposal.

Artists

• Stephen Skrynka
• City Design

Funding

SAC Award amount

£50,000.00

Project total cost

£295,000.00

Funding purpose

Towards the cost of a series of public artworks centred around Dunfermline railway, mapping a route to the city centre.

(Please note dates and details correct at time of award.)

Consultation & Commissioning Process

Consultation for Arrivals was to continue with various departments within Fife Council, local schools and residents, disability access groups and the railway companies Scotrail and Network Rail.

A series of workshops relating the “Fictional Landscapes” work were planned in four Dunfermline schools. Pupils were to be asked to compile a verbal map of their town. This was to be translated into Tamil, sent to the artists in Chennai, India who would interpret these maps creating the series of fictional landscapes.

The artist, Stephen Skrynka and City Design had been selected following a public tendering process. Their collaborative proposal was selected by committee and interview.

Outcomes

The proposed artworks were described as:

• Underpass: railway underpass with illuminated mosaic
• Flutter: kinetic artwork using obsolete flap type display boards
• Fictional Landscapes: handpainted billboards in collaboration with billboard artists in Chennai, India