Annual Programme of National Public Art Conferences
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URBAN LEGACIES II: ANOTHER NEW BABYLON
 
5th-6th OCTOBER 2006, ST DAVID'S HOTEL & SPA, CARDIFF, WALES
 
As with the original Urban Legacies in 2004, there are two strands to the event:
The Conference - URBAN LEGACIESII: A series of talks and panel debates over two days which take Constant Nieuwenhuys' Situationist theory as the starting point for exploring how temporary and unplanned interventions by artists and creative practitioners are contributing to urban regeneration, and drew on extraordinary experiences from cities across the world, including Sao Paulo, Phoenix, Beirut, Tallinn and Kinshasa. Contributors included artists, architects, academics and curators who are leading new thinking on the role of art in transforming the public realm.
The Commissions - ANOTHER BABYLON: In parallel, a number of commissions by young and acclaimed artists responded to the central theme of the conference. These included temporary installations, film projections and a new piece of music by composer Morgan Hayes, performed by the Music Theatre Wales Ensemble at the Senedd, Cardiff Bay.
 
SPEAKERS :   COMMISSIONED ARTISTS:
Reinier de Graaf, Director for OMA/AMO (Keynote Speaker) - Bernanrd Khoury, DW5, Beirut - Filip de Boeck, Anthropologist, University of Leuven and author of Kinshasa; Tales of the Invisible City - Professor John Punter, Cardiff School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff - Professor Marion Roberts, University of Westminster - Michael Beavan, Director, ARUP - Tom van Gestel, Creative Director, SKOR - Andres Kurg, Architect and Academic, Tallinn - Veronika Valk, Architect/Artist, Tallinn - Gordon Dalton, Curator and Artist, Cardiff - Greg Esser, Curator and Public Art Commissioner, Phoenix, Arizona - Julia Albani, Director, Urban Drift, Berlin   Marjetica Potrc, Artist, Slovenia - Veronika Valk, Architect and Artist, Estonia - Anthony Shapland, Artist, Wales - Morgan Hayes, Composer, England (in partnership with Music Theatre Wales and commissioned with a Tippett Centenary Award from the Michael Tippett Musical Foundation).
Conference organised by CBAT and Landor Conferences
 

 
 
Supported by: Architecture Centre Network - Art & Architecture Journal - Arts Council of Wales - Arup - Axis - Cardiff Government - Design Comission for Wales - Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects - Henry Moore Foundation - Land Securities - Music Theatre Wales - RUDI
 
Download (PDF) Conference and booking brochure
 
www.urbanlegacies.co.uk - www.anothernewbabylon.co.uk