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Cambridge, UK
Call for Artists - Cambridge Splash Pad Artist Brief [ 7 June 2013 ]
Call for Artists -CambridgeSplash Pad Artist Brief. Read full listing…
Wulfstan Way, Cambridge - Diamond Jubilee Public Art Commission [ 27 February 2012 ]
A Public Realm Improvement Project has been undertaken at the Local Centre in Wulfstan Way, Cambridge. An aim of the project was to not just improve the public realm but to also promote the use of the Local Centre. The proposals for the public realm improvements were developed in consultation with the local community and an aspiration emerged for the project to include artist designed seating. The principles for a public art commission as part of this wider project have now been developed and Cambridge City Council wishes to commission an artist or artist 'group' to develop and deliver an artwork to compliment the wider public realm works at the Wulfstan Way Local Centre. This commission is to design and deliver a bespoke artwork, which forms seating. Read full listing…
Upper River Cam Biodiversity Project - Artist Commission [ 23 August 2011 ]
Cambridge City Council wishes to include an artist commission as part of a wider project entitled the Upper River Cam Biodiversity Project. The Upper River Cam Biodiversity project encompasses a complex of five natural green spaces on the banks of the river Cam, adjacent to the heart of the historic centre of the city. The proposed works as part of this project include habitat enhancements and improvements to access, wayfinding, legibility and interpretation. One of the issues within these interconnected green spaces, which form the Upper River Cam Biodiversity Project is poor legibility, in terms of understanding, which space one may be entering and what is special about that space. This commission aims to explore and address this issue, by adding the value of an artist to provide creative interpretation to the project and celebrate the contexts of the spaces. The Council have identified a range of objectives the project could address: Help people to understand the value of the spaces and inspire them to engage with the natural environment; Improve the understanding of the relationships of the spaces with each other; Promote awareness of the diverse range of biodiversity within the spaces; Promote awareness of the history of each space and celebrate what is special about those spaces. It is envisaged that the artist will explore developing artwork proposals, to be located at the periphery of the spaces (which includes entrances), on key routes and at points of interest.
Read full listing…Swift Tower Artwork Commission [ 7 September 2010 ]
Cambridge City Council are creating a new extension to Logan’s Meadow Local Nature Reserve (LNR), which is called Pye Fen. We wish to commission a ‘Swift Tower’ to be located within the Pye Fen extension. Swifts (Apus apus) spend almost all of their life in the air and can fly up to 20,000 feet high. They migrate to breed in Europe for three months in the summer and then return to Central and South Africa. A swift ‘Tower’ would provide an opportunity to establish a highly visible new colony within the City and raise awareness of the species, particularly to highlight, its unique international lifestyle and dependency on our built environment and natural green spaces. This single commission will comprise of two stages. Stage 1: The first stage of the commission will be to produce a permanent piece of work that will function as a ‘Tower’ for between 50 and 100 pairs of swifts to accommodate them after their epic migration from Africa. The artwork must be both ‘fit for purpose’ and raise awareness of the species both in terms of its incredible lifestyle and its declining population. Stage 2: The second stage will be the development and delivery of a temporary project to be located in Pye Fen Local Nature Reserve after the installation of the swift ‘tower’. The project must celebrate the installation of the ‘tower’. It must be a creative interpretation of the international lifestyle of the swift and raise awareness to the plight of the species. The artist will be required to work with young people from the surrounding community to develop and deliver the temporary art project. Read full listing…