Arts of Place: City Park, Bradford

Temporary Commission &Professional Mentoring Programmes

WELCOME !THE ARTS OF PLACE:

CITY PARK, BRADFORDARTS, LEARNING & ENGAGEMENT

CITY PARK, BRADFORD15 JULY 2010

6 ARTISTS - 5 TEMPORARY COMMISSIONS

• Lucy Bergman – Temporary Commission• Shanaz Gulzar & Steve Manthorp (ADEPT) – Temporary

Commission• Simon Warner – Temporary Commission• Larna Campbell – Professional Mentoring Placement• Jack Lockhart – Professional Mentoring Placement

LUCY BERGMAN‘PEOPLE & PARKS’

Short films – celebrating people’s memories of parks

‘Cinema Garden : Garden Cinema’ in Bradford Urban Garden

SHANAZ GULZAR& STEVE MANTHORP‘ECHOING GREEN’

4 Arcadian windows –

‘still life studies’ in film of rural Bradford projected within an urban setting

SIMON WARNER‘BRADFORD BECK’Research project on Bradford Beck:

Its course / Its tributaries

Its outfall / Its stories

The history of its culverting

Modern alterations to its underground route

Its metaphorical function as a hidden watercourse

Its future status vis-à-vis City Park

A resource base at Pop Up . . . multi-media / interactive

A series of performances at City Hall . . .

LARNA CAMPBELL‘UNDER THE SURFACE’Exploring how people navigate around Bradford and what the city means

to them . . .

a walking journey and a collection of stories and found objects

JACK LOCKHART‘PICCOLO CINEMA’

Recreation of an early cinema experience (circa late 19th century) – archive film of Bradford and new film made with local people

ARTIST’S BRIEF

Create innovative temporary artworks using film and related media

Imaginatively animate ‘public space’ and engage the public

Complement the City Park permanent commission programme Engage with local communities and raise awareness of City Park

Integrate with Bradford City of Film

CITY PARK, BRADFORDPERMANENT PUBLIC ART

At the point of the permanent commission artist short listing in summer 2009

the detail design for City Park was already set and commissions needed to be able to integrate

without disrupting already well-established and costed design principles.

Ian Banks, Director – Atoll

CITY PARK, BRADFORDCURATORIAL STRANDS:

1) HINTERLAND – Urban Rural

2) MIRROR – Living Projections

3) SOURCE – Water of Life

4) BEAM – Arts of Place . . .

WOLFGANG BUTTRESS‘FLOW - PLAY SCULPTURES & COLUMNS’ (Hinterland)

Integrated public art programme – partnering with Gillespies LLP Commissions for Play Sculptures and Mirror Pool Columns

Integrated public art and sculptural commissions

USMAN HAQUE‘ANOTHER LIFE’ R&D (Mirror)

Interactive Animation of the Public Realm – Permanent and Festival / Temporary

Links to future City of Film commissions, etc . . .

Interactive Lighting, Live Arts and Media Based – linked to Media Pod by Sturgeon North

JANEK SCHAEFER‘SOUNDPOOL’ (Source)

Interaction with water elements in particular – working with the Fountain Workshop

Links to Bradford’s water source in Nidderdale and wider environmental considerations

Global cultural dimension explored

Audio Interactive – with critical cross-over linkage to the other commission

CITY PARK, BRADFORD15 JULY 2010

What is ‘The Arts of Place’?

What ARE ‘the arts of place’ ?

Not just about artists ---

About all the ingredients necessary to make good places…..

What ARE the ‘arts of place’?

* The skills of other professionals.* The politics of place.* The economics of place.* The sustainability of place.* The people who live in / use the place.

What ARE the ‘arts of place’?

The ART of bringing these ingredients together

…..’place-making’

What ARE the arts of place?

What is ‘The Arts of Place’?

Beam is . . .

An arts, architecture and learning company

working throughout the Yorkshire region and beyond.

Beam . . .

We help people make better and

more sustainable places through: meaningful engagement knowledge and skills development promotion of good design imaginative use of the arts in the public realm

THE PUBLIC REALM

ARTS &

CULTURE

BUILT

ENVIRONMENT

SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

Beam

PLACE-MAKING Evolution of a Synthesis…..

CreativeThe role of artists and the arts in the public realm

Independent Street Arts Network (I.S.A.N.)

SkillsTraining & learning for professionals & community leaders

beam / broadcastResearch, publication, dissemination, exhibition

beam / illuminateWorking with schools, colleges, universities and life-long learning

beam / orangeryA learning centre, exhibition space & resource --- in ain an inspiring heritage setting

People Changing Places -The Design ‘Journey’

Place transformation

event

Design workshops

Place transformation

workshops

Site visits

Design awareness & training

Good practice seminars

PCP Journey

DisseminationBroadcastPublicationEvaluation

Partner & Site Identified.Programme Participants Identified.

Site specific

Regional

The ‘Arts of Place’

A multi-disciplinary approach to place-making that combines the arts, learning and public engagement, and places artists at the centre of regeneration

CITY PARK, BRADFORD15 JULY 2010

EVOLUTIONBCR MASTERPLAN ‘VISION’

To create a city centre “where people are justifiably proud

of where they live, learn, work and play”

* Repositioning Bradford

* Revealing Bradford

* Reshaping Bradford

* Rebuilding Bradford

Alsop Architects 2003

CITY PARK, BRADFORD- GILLESPIES LLP

A place that will set Bradford apart and create the landscape for investment.

The City Park, featuring the largest water feature in any UK city,

will be a vibrant, flexible space bringing visitors, investment

and businesses to Bradford.

THE MASTERPLAN ‘VISION’ . . . continuing the threads

Initial conversations…

• Bradford is ‘hidden’ . • A desire to uncover the Bradford ‘experience’ and its location • The topography and buried water courses• Special features & listed buildings, landmarks and views. • Diversity and strengths of its people.

THE ARTS OF PLACE:CITY PARK, BRADFORD

AIM

To facilitate Bradford Council’s cultural aspirations for City Park,

by embedding the arts, learning and stakeholder engagement

THE ARTS OF PLACE:CITY PARK, BRADFORD

OBJECTIVES Embedding artists and the arts Broadening the impact of City Park Developing strategic links Supporting local partnerships and capacity Encouraging investment in further activity

THE ARTS OF PLACE:CITY PARK, BRADFORD

COMPONENTS

Artists - 3 Temporary Commissions – film & related media

Skills – 2 Professional Mentoring Opportunities – action-based learning

Partnership & Collaboration – 3 Awareness Raising / Best Practice Events: ‘LAUNCH / ‘ARTS’ / ‘PLACE’

Research & Learning – National Symposium Marketing & Dissemination – Website / Film / DVD

http://www.artsofplace.org.uk/bradford

THE ARTS OF PLACE:CITY PARK, BRADFORD

EVENTS PROGRAMME

LAUNCH 19th March (Bradford City of Film – Launch Weekend)

‘ARTS’ 16th June (Artists’ Perspective)

‘PLACE’ 15th July (Regeneration Perspective) ‘NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & LAUNCH OF TEMPORARY

COMMISSIONS’ - 7th October --- TODAY!

Arts of Place: City Park, Bradford

Temporary Commission &Professional Mentoring Programmes

THE ARTS OF PLACE: CREATIVITY & REGENERATION IN THE NEW ECONOMY

* ‘New economy’

* The realities & drivers of regeneration

THE ARTS OF PLACE: CREATIVITY & REGENERATION IN THE NEW ECONOMY

* ‘New economy’* The realities & drivers of regeneration* Ways of integrating the arts & place- making* The impacts of doing so* The practical challenges

THE ARTS OF PLACE: CREATIVITY & REGENERATION IN THE NEW ECONOMY

* ‘New economy’* The realities & drivers of regeneration* Ways of integrating the arts & place- making* The impacts of doing so* The practical challenges* International perspective* Sharing ideas & experience with peers

THE ARTS OF PLACE: CREATIVITY & REGENERATION IN THE NEW ECONOMY

* ‘New economy’* The realities & drivers of regeneration* Ways of integrating the arts & place-making* The impacts of doing so* The practical challenges* International perspective* Sharing ideas & experience with peers* ‘Desperately seeking soil’ ???

THE ARTS OF PLACE: CREATIVITY & REGENERATION IN THE NEW ECONOMY