“Our whole environment could be a work of art - i n theory at least; yet with nature, art, industry & people, as we all know, the true value lies beyond the aesthetic”. Stuart Bastik
The role of (Inter)National Artists, Architects, other Specialists & Communities in Re-Visioning the Social, Natural & Built environment
The Social Mobilising & empowering people - work ‘with’ communities to make change.
Places are never one thing... The Islands of Barrow Peoples' Museum Meat Pies, Natterjack Toads, Nuclear Submarines, Basking Sharks, The Fat Controller, Airships, Six Spot Burnet Moths, Mass Observation, Skinning Squirrels, Super Stimuli, Mythological Kings, Yellow Horned Poppies & the largest Off-shore Wind-farm in the world...
Validating the stuff of peoples lives - contextualising their collections alongside... the Nobel Prize- winning research of Niko Tinbergen & Nella Last’s writing for Mass Observation
Present complex ideas in simple ways Islands of Barrow Beer Maps Bite-sized pieces of information presented in familiar formats.
Know a little about a lot - in preference to - A lot about a little Identify the connections between features which form places
The ‘Natural’ anything from NNR’s & SSSI’s to Brown -field sites, backyards & allotments North Walney National Nature Reserve Move beyond ‘Romantic’ conceptions of place - Invest in research - uncover & embrace the complexities & contradictions of a place to maximise the possibilities.
Photo: Lawrence Hill 2005 Fort Walney Uncovered : Art & Archaeology Project An Art Gene Heritage Lottery funded project which began with an excavation of rare WW1 Practice Trenches within the North Walney NNR. Developed In partnership with Natural England, BAE Systems & archaeologist Dr George Nash.
Actively listen Show, Share & Care - be generous with your time, skills, resources and friendships.
SELDOM SEEN MOBILE PHONE APPS
Photo: Lawrence Hill 2005 ‘One for Sorrow’ Fort Walney Uncovered - A non civic war memorial in two parts... North Walney National Nature Reserve
Photo: Lawrence Hill 2005 ‘One for Sorrow’ Fort Walney Uncovered - A non civic war memorial in two parts... North Walney National Nature Reserve
‘One for Sorrow’ Fort Walney Uncovered - A non civic war memorial in two parts... North Walney National Nature Reserve
Roker Pods Off grid touring spaces. The Built including the unloved, the listed, vernacular, industrial, scheduled & the unsanctioned
Embrace new technologies and learn from old ones
Create a culture of invention and imagination which positively embraces risk as an opportunity for change
Tackle the… imagination deficit… and risk adverse culture
Roker Pods Off grid touring spaces.
Practice Maddi Nicholson, Artist co-founder Director, Art Gene, Touring inflated replica of a demolished Barrow Terraced House Understand the power of humour in communicating complex & serious concerns or ideas
Barrow terrace on tour We are interested in drawing out and attaching value to unusual ‘hidden assets’
from Communities to Concept and Realisation Painting South Walney Hides - Herring gull egg pattern - super-stimuli
Two new Hides and a whole-site masterplan for South Walney Nature Reserve - Cumbria Wildlife Trust
Barrow Borough is the No.1 Borough in England for the number and quality its natural heritage assets. (Royal Society of Arts and Industry - Heritage index, 2015 & 2016) Yet it ranks 5th Nationally for health deprivation and disability
The Islands and Bays of Barrow and Furness - Coastal Community Team
The Islands and Bays of Barrow and Furness - Coastal Community Team “Linking our Communities and Landscapes” Embrace the complexities of place - make small things possible….. that have a big effect on lives - & work with local people as the solution to this change. Sandy Gap cic - Visitor centre - outdoor events, workshops, volunteering - Leading to temporary structures and viewing areas in the landscape.
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