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Annual
Programme of National Public Art Conferences
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| 2nd
ANNUAL NATIONAL PUBLIC ART CONFERENCE - THE CITY IN TRANSITION |
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in the Public Realm and the Creation of a Vibrant Civic Culture |
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Liverpool - The Liner Hotel |
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Friday 17 & Saturday 18 November - 2006 |
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A
CD of the conference presentations sent to all delegates
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| STATEMENT
- CONFERENCE AIMS & OBJECTIVES |
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City in Transition examined the role of art in the public
realm to create a vibrant civic culture and concerned the issues
of Placemaking and Transformation and how art, media and culture
act as catalysts for change in shaping regional identity within
the contemporary urban renaissance. |
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conference addressed the definition, procurement and delivery
of culture in relation to urban regeneration with hard information,
documentation and discussion from leading progressive real-world
art projects and urban developments. |
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event promoted a greater public understanding of how the creative
and positive vision of art and culture-led approaches, working
across disciplines, provide wider social and economic benefits
affecting people, places and communities |
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speakers presented the links between culture, marketing, media, tourism
and economic prosperity within the Government's Northern Way strategy
and support for the development of cultural programmes in the regeneration
and renewal of cities across the North of England.Ê |
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| FRIDAY,
17 NOVEMBER 9.30am to 8pm |
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| SESSION
1: POLICY & OVERVIEW - Cultural Transition & Regeneration Chair: Loyd Grossman
- Vince Taylor, Regeneration Professional & Director of Implementation,
The Northern Way: Areas of Opportunity: Raising Profile, Rebuilding Confidence.
- Fred Brookes. Director, Comedia. Evaluation of PROJECT Ð engaging artists
in the built environment. - Joe Doherty, Director, Tees Valley Regeneration
& Trustee of the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art. Catalysts for change: Re-Thinking Place & Space. |
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2: IDEAS & PROJECTS - The Art & Architecture Experience Chair: Loyd
Grossman - Alfredo Jaar, Charles Quick. Lead Artists. Taking the Lead,
Shaping the City - The Tithebarn Development, Preston - Karsten
Huneck - Bernd Truempler. OSA (Office of Subversive Architecture) Urban
Recovery: Concepts in Progress |
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3: IDEAS & PROJECTS - The Response to Art - Chair: Lewis Biggs. Director,
Liverpool Biennial - Robert Powell. Director, Public Arts. Beyond the
Northern Way: A Framework for Development - Isabel Vasseur. Director,
Art Office & Consultant to Channel 4's The Big Art Project. Be Modern
or Die. |
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4: FORWARD THINKING - Future Vision - Chair: Penny Lewis, Editor, Prospect.
- Reg Haslam. Director (Blackpool Council URC). ReBlackpool £25m Big
Lottery Living Landmarks - Nick Johnson. Executive Director, Urban Splash.
A New Cultural Vernacular. Special Places in the City - Gary Topp.
Chief Executive, Yorkshire Culture. Market the North to the World |
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| EVENING:
Launch of Animal by Ron Haselden, a Liverpool Biennial International
+ project - Conference Drinks / Dinner. (tbc) |
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| SATURDAY,
18 NOVEMBER 10am to 4pm |
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| Tour
of Public Art in Liverpool / Biennial highlights / Art & Architecture projects
in Liverpool - Organised by Helen Whitehead / Laurie Peake. 4th Liverpool
Biennial. 16 Sep - 26 Nov 2006 - www.biennial.com |
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| MORNING:
10 am. Tour of the International 06 city centre public realm highlights
by Sorcha Carey (International Coordinator) and talks about their work by
1 or 2 artists represented in the Biennal.Ê |
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| AFTERNOON:
Public art bus tour of Liverpool by Helen Whitehead and Laurie Peake to
visit the OSA exhibition at the A-Foundation, Penelope, Outhouse, Light
Signatures, Face of Liverpool and Another Place in Crosby . Transport in
bus(es) painted by Panamanian Bus Painters. - Crosby Leisure Centre conference
room - Anthony Gormley Another Place |
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choice of Liverpool established an active partnership with the Liverpool
Biennial and programme of art commissions and the positive energy and
aspirations of a city in the process of being rebuilt in it's 800th birthday
year. |
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Advisory Board - Liverpool Biennial: Laurie Peake, Public Art
Co-ordinator - Helen Whitehead, Public Art Projects Manager - Kerenza
Hines, Project Co-ordinator, The City in Transition programme for the Liverpool Biennial - Atoll: art-architecture: Ian Banks |
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| Download
(PDF) Conference brochure and booking form |
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organised by Art &Architecture Journal and Landor Conferences: |
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