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Public Art (Now) Blogger’s Report: Katie J Anderson
By a small bakery, tucked under the bridge of Temple Meads train station stood a boat from which smoke drifted into the afternoon sky. Around it, a small crowd was gathering. Futurefarmers fire up the...
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Public Art (Now) Blogger’s Report: Emma I Panza
Before my trip, a friend told me that Bristol pays particular attention when it comes to urban design, and the participation of its citizens in shaping the use of public space. No holding back. Photo:...
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Folkestone Digs
Michael Sailstorfer’s Folkestone Digs began with a press announcement, which simply stated that 30 pieces of gold worth £10,000 had been buried under the sand of the harbour beach of a Kentish coastal...
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Speeches to the City
Speeches to the City: a collaboration between artists, locations and witnesses, by Hannah Sullivan and Martha King (freelance creative producers) Laura Burns gives her speech outside Spike Island...
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Public Art (Now) Blogger’s Report: Niamh O’Connor
A Professional Development Workshop, led by Situations for Public Art (Now) at the Folkestone Fringe Hub, Friday 31st October, 2014 Delegates gather at the Folkestone Fringe hub. Image copyright: John...
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Public Art (Now) Blogger’s Report: Adam J B Walker
What is it to take a risk in an artwork (public or otherwise)? Workshop location, the Folkestone Fringe Hub. Image copyright John Daly My personal view as an artist, and why I was interested to attend...
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Announcing New Publication on Public Art
Situations, in partnership with publisher Art / Books, Public Art Agency Sweden, and the European Network of Public Art Producers are proud to announce the publication of Out of Time, Out of Place:...
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Watch Public Art (Now) Film Interviews
Produced in association with Spike Island Film and Video, eight film interviews with artists and curators on the subject of new forms of public art will be released over the next six months. In...
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Public Art (Now) Bloggers Report: Hermione Spriggs
A GAP IN THE FILL ON GLORIOUS MISTAKES AND THE MANGY-NESS OF PUBLIC ART London fox, photo courtesy of Nato Thompson A small card greets me when I reach my chair in the Whitechapel auditorium: “get...
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Public Art (Now) Bloggers report: Katy Beinart
Lighting the touchpaper: Public art as situation or spectacle Alfredo Jaar, The Skoghall Konsthall (2000). Image courtesy the artist and Galerie Lelong, New York “In societies where modern conditions...
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Public Art (Now) Bloggers Report: Finnian Schlieker Blythe
“In the rare instance in which he spoke to the captivated audience, his words revealed the thinking of a man whose work revolves on notions of rebirth and reinvigoration”. Photo: Max McClure On a...
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Public Art (Now) Bloggers Report: Grace Harrison
“Theaster begins to sing. His deep, rich voice elongates almost every word, filled with its own singular meaning as he slowly lets the sentences build.” Photo: Max McClure Through the doorway of the...
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Public Art (Now) Bloggers Report: Laura Plant
‘Claire and Matthew are here today to delve deeper, to answer the questions we’ve all wanted to ask about this unique and complex project.’ Photo: Situations Claire Doherty is hesitant to give a...
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Public Art (Now) Bloggers Report: Dina Ntziora
‘Situations’ method of working is to define a set of principles, which sit around an artist’s practice and then start building around them. In this case, they worked with the idea of a soul of the...
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An encounter, an imaginative journey -A creative response to Hollow from...
As I walked down the path of Royal Fort Gardens, I could spot Hollow from a distance, coming into view in fragments, between tree branches. The structure first reminded me of the conglomerate buildings...
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