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Agenda - Ordinary Meeting 22 November 2012 - CITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORTS Attachment 3 of “dead zones” where there is no foot traffic, and to provide low cost exhibition and/or working spaces to artists of various types. This approach is successful in Newcastle 12 and Sydney 13 and elsewhere in Australia and overseas, notably in London. This approach could work for the arts in <strong>Coffs</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong>, where unfortunately a number of prominent commercial premises are currently vacant. The pop up concept has successfully been used by the Regional Museum for exhibitions whilst it has operated without a permanent venue over the past two years. This idea will need to be canvassed with property owners and real estate agents to come to fruition. Using agreements already in use elsewhere in Australia, revised according to requirements of the local property owners, this project could get underway with Council acting as a “matchmaker” between artist and property owner or by supporting another entity to take on this role. 8.1.3 Art and utilitarian objects “Could we have more art that serves a purpose (park bench, bus shelter), more art and performance art in unexpected places, and more art that is less safe and that makes us think?” Consistent with the community desire for the city to be more attractive, suggestions came forward to have distinctive, beautiful and/or thought provoking utilitarian objects in particular in high profile locations such as the CBD. This is well established practice internationally. Items which have the potential to be designed as sculpture, to incorporate distinctive design elements and/or provide surfaces for decoration include: Item park and street seating Examples Park and street seating has a long history of decorative and high end design elements. Materials can include stone, wood, steel, bronze, concrete, iron and mosaic. Perhaps the most famous example is Gaudi’s extensive mosaic seating in the Parc Guell in Barcelona. An international contemporary artist currently working in this field is Alexandre Moronnoz whose highly stylized Snake is currently being installed in Lille. Elsewhere, street seating has been designed and installed as part of 12 Renew Newcastle, www.renewnewcastle.org 13 “Retail Revolution in Oxford St” Sydney Morning Herald, 17 October 2012 Page 30 1490
Agenda - Ordinary Meeting 22 November 2012 - CITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORTS Attachment 3 Item Examples community projects where artists or the wider community design new or embellish existing seating. bollards There is also a long history of bollards incorporating sculptural elements such small portrait busts or coats of arms to reflect distinctive historical or other aspects of a place. For example, at the University of Cambridge, bollards are designed to represent towers of books. Australian cities using bollards as opportunities for art include the famous bollards in Geelong which feature people from nuns to sailors and lifesavers. 14 In other examples, bollards are used to display temporary art such as street art or textile art. 15 footpaths bus shelters power substations lights and light poles The Tankstream Project in Sydney uses Aboriginal design elements embedded into pavements to mark the original flow of the Tank Stream through the city. 16 As well as permanent mural art, bus shelters can be used to host temporary exhibitions. Urban Easels was a recent public art exhibition spread across 44 Brisbane suburbs and featuring 28 artworks by 13 local artists. Taking up the spaces usually dedicated to advertising imagery, the project provided public access to art in unexpected places. These objects have been used as canvasses for design in the ACT. Overseas, the artist, Evol, worked with stencils to transform the metal boxes into miniature replica buildings. http://www.evoltaste.com/ These elements of a streetscape can be highly distinctive. In Lyme Regis, UK, the Ammonite-design streetlamps reflect the town's location on the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage site. Like public art in general, “useful art” can be vary widely in what it communicates. Some will be memorial or refer to local history or the environment. Other designs might be quirky or amusing such as the “Bobby” shaped bollards in London or the penguin shaped rubbish bins in Penguin, Tasmania. Other objects are essentially fine art objects ie sculptures which you can sit on. Some designs reflect a particular culture, and the idea of incorporation of local Aboriginal cultural heritage was suggested by a number of community members. 14 http://www.intown.com.au/locals/geelong/attractions/bollards.htm 15 http://pinterest.com/pandas4me/bollard-art/ 16 http://www.creativespirits.info/oznsw/sydney/sitescbd/tankstream.html Page 31 1491
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