Public Art Fund and News
Public Art Fund
Aberdeen City Council is committed to supporting culture through the Public Art Fund and will regularly featuring new commission and funding opportunities throughout the year. News on any future opportunities will be posted on this page of the website. To advertise your Aberdeen related public art opportunities on Public Art Aberdeen please email publicart@aberdeencity.gov.uk
News and Opportunities
News: 'Lightspeed' Aberdeen's Public Art Olympic Commission
We are pleased to announce the winner of the Aberdeen Public Art Olympic Commission is Robbie Coleman and Jo Hodges' 'Lightspeed' proposal. 'LightSpeed' promises to be a visual spectacular which seeks to actively galvanize citizens in to the Olympic spirit.
This is Public Art Aberdeen's first commission to tie in with the launch of a new website which will support and promote the role of public art in Aberdeen. Public art at its best enables communities to participate in that transformation, it can change how people feel about living in or visiting that place and most importantly it can act as a tool for democratic engagement. The commission and website are in recognition of the important role Aberdeen city council see for art and culture in developing Aberdeen into a vibrant, creative and ambitious city.
Previous Work 'Enclosure' 2006 Robbie Coleman and Jo Hodges
Artist's statement:
"With 'Lightspeed' we will be exploring human speed with a100 metre installation of interactive light and sound, celebrating 100 years since the 100-metre record was officially recognised. We hope 'Lightspeed' will capture the energy and excitement of the Olympics at the time the torch comes to Aberdeen, and we will be involving local communities in the development of the work."
"'Lightspeed' will tour to a number of locations in the city and we're hoping that as well as coming to see the work, people will take part in the challenge to interact with it. We are excited to be working in Aberdeen on this commission, as artists, it continues our interest in developing new strategies for working in the public space".
Robbie Coleman / Jo Hodges Feb 2012
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Opportunity: Lively Cities Light Work 2012 Public Art Commission
We are seeking an artist or arts organisation that have a history of generating work within the public realm, proficient in the medium of light/ projection to create a design for a temporary Light-Based Artwork as part of the Lively Cities project.
The Lively Cities (LICI) Project is a European partnership which is looking at alternative ways of strengthening communities by 'reclaiming public space for public use'. Aberdeen is one of nine cities involved in the project which has been successful in receiving funding through the Interreg IVB North West Europe programme (www.nweurope.eu). The other partner cities are Mons, Tournai, Namur, Wavre, La Louviere and Louvain La Neuve from Belgium, Lille from France, Eindhoven from the Netherlands and Brighton from Britain.
The four year project is being led by the 'Association du Management de Centre Ville' (AMVC) based in Mons and the partnership will work together to analyse shared issues and to find new and innovative solutions which will benefit communities and the cities as a whole. The cities in the partnership all have areas which are empty or underused and although each area will be different, there are common issues to be established and shared solutions to be developed.
Aberdeen, as a project partner, will focus on developing Public Art in the city. We hope to use the knowledge and alternative insight of partners to evaluate areas of the city, develop potential public art solutions and pilot these solutions in order to provide evidence which will inform future policy and actions.
A budget of up to £18,000 has been set for the artist to carry out all aspects of the commission (including installation) and the deadline for application submissions is 5pm on 26th March 2012. For further information on the project, artist's brief and application form please go to www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/livelycities
