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Helping People Make Better Places



Craven: Sustainable Art &

Design in the Public Realm



Permanent

Good Design & Public Art can be«.



David Mellor Cutlery Factory: Peak District National Park, Chatsworth

www.davidmellordesign.com

Permanent Art & Design

Bold yet Sensitive Architecture



Downland Gridshell: W eald & Downland Open Air Museum by Ted Cullinan

www.wealddown.co.uk


An Exploration of Technology




Iconic Art & Architecture

E ast Beach Cafe: Littlehampton by Thomas Heatherwick

www.eastbeachcafe.co.uk




An Integration of Art, Design and Engineering

Falkirk Wheel, London E ye and Newcastle-Gateshead Bridge: I ndustrial design,architecture or public art?




Cultural Masterplanning & Animation

Bradford City Park: Architect and artist collaborations to influence the

design & use of a new µpeoples park¶ through interactive and integrated arts

www.bradford.gov.uk



Chimney Pot Park, Salford: turned the traditional terraced street upside down. A bright

linear garden is at first floor level, accessed from the main living rooms.

www.urbansplash.co.uk/chimneypotpark


Housing Innovation



T he High Line: New Manhattan community park created on a disused elevated railway

www.thehighline.org


µGrey to Green¶ Space Conversions



Chroma Streams; T ide and T raffic: I s a £300k work of New York lighting artist Leni

Schwendinger in collaboration with I an Alexander of jmarchitects. Commissioned by Glasgow

City Council. Lights interact with traffic flow data.

www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/kingston_bridge_glasgow.htm


A Sensory Experience




ACelebration of µPlace¶

Singing Ringing T ree: Burnley Panopticon by Tonkin Liu

www.visitlancashire.com/panopticons



NYC Manhole Covers: by Lawrence W einer read: "in direct line with another and the

next³ Referring to the grid of New York City's Streets. Can be found in 19 locations.

www.publicartfund.org


Micro in Detail



Gallery on the Green: Postcard Art in a phone box, Settle

www.galleryonthegreen.org.uk


A Myriad of Local Initiatives



Buckden Pike Memorial: F or the Polish bomber crew killed in a 1942 plane crash. One

survivor was saved by following a fox trail to a farmhouse in the blizzard ± hence the bronze.

www.buckdenpike.co.uk/cross.html


Memorials



Mart T heatre and Sheep T own T heatre Company: I nnovative integration of cattle mart

and live events and theatre productions

www.themarttheatre.org.uk


Alternative Live Arts Venues




Community Radio Interpretation

Drystone Radio: Audio trail and podcast created by community radio station for Dales

National Park Authority and F riends of the Settle Carlisle Railway.

www.drystoneradio.com




Man Made Icons

Bolton Abbey, Skipton Castle & Ribblehead Viaduct: Craven Tourism Hot Spots



Permanent µArt & Design¶

Natural Icons

K ilnsey Crag & Malham Cove: E nvironmental Beacons



Temporary«

Good Design & Public Art can be«.



Slow Art T rail: E nvironmental Arts pilot by Chrysalis Arts. I mage shows woodland

poetry installation by David Morley

www.chrysalisarts.org.uk/projects_slow_art_trail.cfm

Temporary Art & Design

Environmental Sensitivity & Microcosms



Skipton International Puppet Festival: A biennial festival over 3 days with performances in

2009 at 10 venues, with 2,300 tickets sold .

www.skiptonpuppetfestival.co.uk


Popular Culture



Park(ing) Day: an Open Source festival of impromptu parks originated by US artists Rebar.

Parking bays are temporarily converted into mini parks worldwide.

www.parkingday.org


Playful Arts Activism



Freedom of Ex pression: National Monument 2004, by architect LaurieHawkinson, performer John Malpede, and artist E rika Rothenberg

E normous red megaphone occupied square in Lower Manhattan - A

modern day soapbox

www.creativetime.org


Public Interaction and Vox Pop




Photography & Aural History Collaborations

Ancoats Stories: Artist Dan Dubowitz collaboration with Ancoats Urban Village and

Manchester Transport Authority to temporarily install photography lightboxes and aural

history recordings onto Manchester Piccadilly Metro platform.

www.civicworks.net



Picture House ± Film, Art and Design at Belsay: Contemporary arts programme by

E nglish Heritage for Belsay Hall, Northumberland.

www.english-heritage.org.uk


Contemporary Art for Historic Places



Fourth Plinth: Temporary installations at Trafalgar Square, including this by artist Marc Quinn,

called µAlison Lapper pregnant¶ - a 4x life size marble sculpture. Lapper is highly respected

artist dealing in her own disability.

www.fourthplinth.co.uk


Exploratory Public Art



Heart of Yorkshire: was the temporarily bathing in coloured light projection on York Minster -

highlighting the detail above the central door. The installation by lighting artist Patrice W arrener

was part of a £1.8m plan to illuminate many York buildings.


Guerilla Lighting & Installation



O ld Man of Storr on Skye was installed with illumination and sound in summer 2005. F or 42

nights this award winning installation The Storr: Unfolding Landscape by artists NVA brought

an audience of 6,500 people, equipped with headlamps, guides and walking sticks to walk to

the top and experience the installation at midnight.

www.nva.org.uk


Sustainable Cultural Tourism Events



T he Sultan's E lephant: created by F rench company Royal De Luxe was the biggest piece of

free theatre ever seen in London, set against the city¶s magnificent landmarks in May 2006.

Over 4 days, a 42 ton mechanical elephant roamed the streets of central London in search of

the giant time-travelling girl.

www.thesultanselephant.com/about/royaldeluxe.php


Celebratory Arts



Villa Victoria: as part of Liverpool Biennial 2002 by Tatsouru Bashi. W as an elevated and

fully working one-bedroom hotel built around Queen Victoria Monument in Liverpool. 15m

statue of Queen Victoria loomed over the double bed of a µbookable¶ 1-room hotel.

www.biennial.com


Arts & Cultural Festivals



T urning the Place O ver: I nstallation by Richard W ilson in Liverpool for The Northern W ay

New I cons of the North public art programme. Building owned by N W Regional Development

Agency and due eventually for demolition and redevelopment.

www.thenorthernway.co.uk/icons/default.asp


Regional Tourism & Marketing



While London Burns: A fusion of thriller, opera and guided walk, by Douglas Hodge. Set

amongst the skyscrapers of London¶s Square Mile, this opera for one took the listener,

equipped with an mp3 player, on a walking audio adventure.

www.andwhilelondonburns.com


Virtual Opera



Pong: by Chaos Computer Club in Berlin in 2001 / 02. Office building at Alexanderplatz

enhanced to become world's biggest interactive computer display. Pong used a mobile phone

to play the arcade classic Ping-Pong on the façade.

www.blinkenlights.de


Interactive Gaming

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