10 May, 2013 12.17PM
In 2008 over a two week period 36,000 people visited Edinburgh Zoo. A huge proportion of these visitors witnessed a sited dance / performance work Enclosure 44 – Humans. As the director of, and a performer in this work, the layers, insights and developments have been multifaceted and ongoing. One of the most stimulating experiences [...]
Read More03 May, 2013 09.57AM
It’s common place to see elements of exhibitions spilling out of galleries (so-called off-site projects, and don’t get me started on that terminology). But artists who work in public sometimes spill into galleries (although documentation of sited work doesn’t always make for good exhibitions). Culture Hijack, curated by Peter McCaughey of GSA, and Ben Parry, [...]
Read More29 April, 2013 08.31AM
A round-up of the latest news, opportunities and events in public art in Scotland. Opportunities Falkirk Community Trust is looking for a lead artist for 12 months to contribute to the re-imaging of Denny town centre and, in particular, the creation of a new town square. Apply by 27 May. Read more. The Scott Skinner [...]
Read More19 April, 2013 01.09PM
Earlier this week I was in Margate, at Turner Contemporary, talking about audience research. We covered the stuff you’d expect: how do we ask audience members what they like? Perhaps more importantly: why do we ask in the first place? We talked about venue contexts, un-ticketed contexts, events. And then we talked about sited work, [...]
Read More12 April, 2013 04.17PM
A round-up of the latest news, opportunities and events in public art in Scotland. Opportunities Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art have opened their first application funds for 2014, including a new open bursary fund for students. A total of £14,000 is available to support a number of new exhibitions or projects, including fees, production and [...]
Read More22 March, 2013 10.01AM
PAR+RS is hosting a series of cross-sectoral round table discussions, structured around five key research questions. Contributions, examples, positions and ideas are welcome and can be posted to PAR+RS’ Facebook page or to the Twitter feed. Please use the hashtag #PARRS to participate.
Read More17 March, 2013 09.40AM
A round-up of the latest news, opportunities and events in public art in Scotland. News See ixia’s second Public Art Survey which is now published with interesting comparisons from their previous survey on public art. Glance over some interesting comparisons or download the key findings over on their Public Art Online website. The Albert Drive project is a [...]
Read More08 March, 2013 06.27PM
‘Imagining Possibilities: participatory arts and media and the creation of community wellbeing’ was the title of a conference that Chris and I attended at the beginning of the month at the University of the West of Scotland in Paisley. ‘Creation’ is quite an evocative word here, but usefully so, as it makes the delegates – mostly [...]
Read More24 February, 2013 06.10PM
I feel uncomfortable with the term public art, because I’m not sure what it means. If it means what I think it does, then I don’t do it. I’m not crazy about categories. Barbara Kruger Working artists and curators don’t tend to talk about monuments as part of the contemporary public art. Not sure they’d [...]
Read More10 February, 2013 10.30PM
A compilation of the design proposals, the press commentary and the professional commentary surrounding the proposal for George Square’s redesign / facelift in Glasgow.
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