Multi Outcome Construction Policy (final report)

artwork and project management. According to Artist 2, the development of public arteducation at university would help new artists into the field of public art, as “it is thequestions that they have not asked which generally causes the problems” for newartists. The experience of the artist is also important within the artist selection process.The artist is being assessed on artistic ability and project management experience.Project management experience is important because “the projects are ‘real’ jobs thatcan have serious impacts”.It would be hard to be accepted for a job if the artists are not particularly articulate.For example, if they could not explain the art and the connection between this art andthe building project. Art Built-in projects can be particularly hard for new orunexperienced artists. As described by Artist 5 “I think the process can place a lot oflimitations on certain artists, who probably create great work, but are not probably themost articulate people, and it would be very difficult for them in these circumstances,going on what we have experienced, you know, like the maintenance issues, it is onehurdle after another, and there are a lot of artists who are quite introverted, and don’thave great personalities or whatever it would be very difficult for them to convincethe client, like this is going to work”.According to the majority of Artist’s interviewed, to work as an public artist, an artistis generally required to have to have one or two projects on the go at the same time,need to be available throughout all stages of the process, need to be flexible, and alsohave a working lifestyle so that the artist is always available throughout the changingtimelines of the project and installations.Costs according to Client representativesAccording to the Client representatives, time was the major costs involved within theimplementation of the Art Built-in policy. Time can become a problem if the projectstake extra time and energy to complete. Time pressure can arise from project timedelays and the project requiring extra meetings, or from organisational problems suchas the difficulty of coordinating jobs and balancing the work load of other jobs,problems with souring correct materials in the time frame135