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Isle of Man Regeneration: Public Art Programme

Presentation - 24 April 2012 (v2 updated 13 July 2012)

Laxey

Noah Rose, Ian Banks, Matt Owen

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Introduction

Noah Rose & Associates have been appointed to coordinate artistic direction for public artas part of the strategic regeneration programmes forRamsey, Laxey, Peel and the South West (Port Erin and Port St. Mary ).

Some limited coordination also applies to separate public art developments forDouglas and Castletown.

Information on this programme and on Noah Rose & Associates can be viewed on:http://sevenmanxtowns.blogspot.com/

Team comprises: Noah Rose (Lead Artist & Coordinator); Ian Banks (Public ArtConsultant & Architect); and Matt Owen (Associate Artist).

As a starting point, the issues that the team considered critical to the successfulundertaking of the island-wide project cover 5 key strands - which are:

Location and Distinctiveness (a unique sense of place)

1. Community Engagement (arts activity used more as action research)2. Design Team Integration (being fit for the brief, achievable and sustainable)3. Broadening Opportunities (facilitating local artists and creative skills etc)4. Cultural Visioning & Branding (being part of a joined-up cultural & tourism strategy)

Isle of Man Regeneration Public Art Co-ordination - Noah Rose & Associates
http://sevenmanxtowns.blogspot.com/http://sevenmanxtowns.blogspot.com/

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Laxey Public Art Brief

Strands 1 3 of the more localised brief for Laxey, sets the public art focus on the immediateareas centred around the Tram station and New Road, but also look to radiate out. Ideasproposed are still draft in focus, and will eventually compliment with the earlier publicconsultation and current regeneration scheme under development by Dalrymple Associates.


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Laxey - Identified Sites / Project Ideas

Initially, 11 public art ideas have been identified for Laxey itself. Many form optional oralternative suggestions for permanent or temporary artworks. Ideas now need to be testedagainst community and design team support; available budgets; as well as the local

available skills of artists etc. Not all will be possible - though some may lay the seed forfuture commissions (by others perhaps), including pan-island ones.

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01. Artisan Crafts - Rose Garden / New Road Station Connection

Contemporary crafts commission. Typographical paving and wall pieces to interpret Laxeycommunity and history in hand-cut stone-carved letters. Possibility of similar exploration intouse of decorative cast & embossed lead or etched zinc work linking to Laxey mine subjectto skills availability. Possible links to Manx Litfest 2012 & IoM Poetry Society.

Linked to linear interventions in terms of hard landscaping and interpretation along routefrom Laxey Wheel via Rose Garden development and redeveloped public space(s) and newconnection through off New Road to the tram station.

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02. Tram Station and Approaches - Interpretation Seating

Subject to any agreed conservation measures and design & aesthetic, artisan crafted streetfurniture placed around tram station and adjacent public realm. With discrete textinterpretation and soundscape applied via integral MP3 players headphone port (people toprovide own). Potentially interchangeable with wayfinding proposals and transport information.


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03. Laxey Glen Sculpture Trail

Looped public art trail from New Road through Laxey Glen linking to current features of thegardens, the Pavilion and also the Institute near it

s entrance. Linked to wood and othersustainable and sensory themes and exploring not just sculpture but also seating and

sitooterie

type micro-architecture bothies and covered seating. Existing participatory artsevents programme further developed and enhanced to compliment.

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Snaefell Webcam / Satnav Sunset Diner


04. Sci-Art Interaction

Sci-Art and engineering exploration linked to the Manx Electric railway and about-to-be-replaced 1935 Mercury Arc Rectifier, via a powered and interactive

Van Der Graaf

generator,clock, soundscape or other engineered / digital automative. Link to weather and tramtimetable (webcams and satnavs on board trams i.e. Snaefell Sunset Diner Service). Adds toexisting IoM webcams as well as links to redundant historic equipment previously housed inLaxey.

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Laxey Walking Tour TramStation

This is the lower terminus of theSnaefell Mountain Railway , and istherefore the island's only dual-gaugestation. Next link


05. Tram & Coach Gateways - Wayfinding / Interpretation

Traditional Information points as well as location-specific apps for wayfinding and QR Taginterpretation (Linked to Laxey Wheel, coach station and tram station Laxey Glen Gardensetc as local hub and gateway with red telephone boxes perhaps used as mini informationpoints?). Possible free Wi-Fi zone to station and Geocaching?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snaefell_Mountain_Railwayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snaefell_Mountain_Railway

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06. Stamps

Linking the local post office bus and with tram station via Church Hill (or new pedestrianroute made from New Road), artists to create new contemporary stamp series for Laxey onelectric / transport themes and also exhibit via light projection, shop windows, street banners(New Road) and other printed media (could be one set for each town or similar).Contemporary nature anticipated. Exemplar artist case studies as example, include the recentInternment Camp artist series and the current Paul Smith Olympic designs. Manx ElectricRailway 120 th anniversary in 2013?

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07. Laxey Light & Water Festival

Pop-Up

linear temporary intervention of lighting, projection and sound or music up toLaxey Wheel along meandering River and trails from centre (or beach) to create temporarywinter festival event. Could celebrate new

Hope

(after Lady Isabella

s husband LieutenantGovernor Hope).

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08. Working in Silos

Painted lettering, graphic art or light projection (temporary & permanent etc) to Laxey GlenMills silos (subject to permission). Either visual art or graphic advertising.

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09. Laxey Working Men s Institute

Suggestion of further enhancement of Institute as both physical gateway to Laxey, communityhub and arts host & focus combined. Lack of any outdoor public space and beauty of orientation looking down onto deep glen. Potential

architectural

deck set at

tree canopy height or artist lighting or projection installation from windows.

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10. Rose Garden & Pavilion

Creative exploration of current park pavilion in terms of opening up its sight-lines andstructure, as well as exploring the parks creative use as both seating area and performancespace. It is noted that there is also a community expressed interest in WC provision at thislocation.

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11. Miners Memorial

New Miners Memorial in more permanent material and with high artistic qualitycommissioned to the site of the existing memorial (pictured below). Possibility of newcovered waiting structure explored in addition or as alternative.

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12. Arrivals Orientation & Washing Floors Observation Platform

Holistic exploration of bus drop-off including interpretation & orientation; zinc-cast relief map; architectural toilets; traffic calming and wider road crossings; and cantileveredobservation platform widening the pavement and overlooking the vista below to the washingfloors and Snaefell Wheel.

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13. Snaefell Mine Wheel / Washing Floors

Power conversion of currently unharnessed kinetic energy of the relocated Snaefell Wheel(brought back from Cornwall) and linked to brief for a kinetic movement and lightingsculpture or sound and light projection possibly linked through glass and neon to the oldMercury-Arc Rectifier about to be replaced and the River Laxey flow. Possibility of installationat compass point to pull views down to the Washing Floor area of Laxey.

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14. Funicular Exploration Temporary Transport Pilot & Shuttle Tour

Mindful of the evaluation to current bus pilot, temporary seasonal intervention to exploresustainable transport. Tours up and down Church Hill and Glen Road via artist walking,

Steam Carriage

(linking water propulsion history) or pilot community

white

bike sharingscheme - to link the station, wool mill and beach - plus other destinations as identified duringholiday season. Horse drawn carriages considered but gradient is likely to be major issue.

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15. Raad ny Foillan (Isle of Man Coast Path) Public Art Trail

Connection of both old (i.e. Douglas Camera Obscura etc) and new public art commissionslinked to the current Isle of Man regeneration public art programme for Douglas, Laxey, Peel,Port Erin, Port St Mary and Castletown. Clusters of town and village based commissions linked ideally with other coastal path commissions along the trail funded separately (such as Pointof Ayre, Jurby and Kirk Michael).

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