Monday, 24 September 2007
Wednesday, 19 September 2007
Andrew Shoben, founder of Greyworld responds...
"Artists can unlock the magic, intrigue and wonder in an environment, hidden in the space between concrete places and human interaction. They can blur the staid geographical, social and emotional expectations of a place and challenge people to create their own co-ordinates, intimate points of reference to reconstruct the space they inhabit."
Tuesday, 18 September 2007
Harry Macauslan, vice chairman EMEA Leo Burnett responds...
"Is an architect an artist? Of course. Is an artist an architect? Of course not. Can artists create great places? Of course, think Richard Long, think Donald Judd."
Cesar Ferreira, director MTV Portugal responds...
"Can artists make great places?
Trying to mix my music/show business expertise with great places…definitely the Hollywood Bowl! The LA venue was able to create the fuzz since 1929. However, the “arches of triumph” only became mythical after the path of great music concerts and great comedy mash up.
In fact only after names like The Mamas and the Papas, The Beatles, U2 (MTV biggest live video in my opinion “Sunday bloody Sunday”…even with the entire colour drop’s J ) and The Monty Python classic, the Hollywood bowl was able to polarize US and European culture in a unique way!
I realize that by writing this… “Great places” are organic venues with their own life…they are perfect binomials’ between the artist and the air they breath. The guitar riff will always echo back! "
Trying to mix my music/show business expertise with great places…definitely the Hollywood Bowl! The LA venue was able to create the fuzz since 1929. However, the “arches of triumph” only became mythical after the path of great music concerts and great comedy mash up.
In fact only after names like The Mamas and the Papas, The Beatles, U2 (MTV biggest live video in my opinion “Sunday bloody Sunday”…even with the entire colour drop’s J ) and The Monty Python classic, the Hollywood bowl was able to polarize US and European culture in a unique way!
I realize that by writing this… “Great places” are organic venues with their own life…they are perfect binomials’ between the artist and the air they breath. The guitar riff will always echo back! "
Monday, 17 September 2007
Lord Smith of Finsbury, director of the Clore Leadership Programme responds...
"The answer is of course "yes". The best architects are artists as well as being practical designers of physical structures. There are many buildings and spaces that wouldn't have been great without artistic and creative spirit going into their making.
Rt Hon Lord Smith of Finsbury
Director, The Clore Leadership Programme"
Rt Hon Lord Smith of Finsbury
Director, The Clore Leadership Programme"
Adrian Corker, musician, 4 Way Lab, responds...
"The art I enjoy making/teaching is collaborative, which leads to both real and virtual community that can support and nurture. This can be a counterpoint to the general trends of fragmentation in current society."
Simon Waterfall, founder director Poke London responds...
"I think anyone with a passion for a community and the ability to shed their competitive nature can build great places, whether that's physical or virtual. It used to be true that content is king: now it is community. It makes the line between artist/designer/architect and consumer very very blurred. siX"
Prof Will Alsop, architect responds...
"In short.NO.LoveW
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Prof. William ALSOP--------------------------Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld"
Building Cultures: Can Artists Make Great Places?
Building Cultures: Can Artists Make Great Places?
Thursday, 20th September 2007, Official London Design Festival and Urban Design Week 2007 event.
Venue: Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1
Further information http://www.artandarchitecturejournal.com/
Online Booking www.lcace.org.uk/events/
Bookings: £135 Professional Delegate Rate (includes annual subscription to the Art&Architecture Journal) £95 Concessions 9.30am-5pm
Creativity, Culture and Change are the themes of a one-day conference on leading regeneration projects through art and creativity with a focus on the mega-development at Kings Cross. The event will include presentations of Artists for Places - a partnership between CABE, A&B and Arts Council England; an evaluation by Comedia on the PROJECT scheme to support public art strategies embedded within the planning system; an open forum with key speakers on art, architecture, landscape and planning, debating the role of art and cultural activity within the design of the built environment.
The conference is targeted at public art officers, artists, community development officers, urban designers, property developers, planners, architects, town centre managers, economic development officers, regeneration managers and policy makers. The event is being organised with the supported of Arts and Business, Create KX, London Borough of Camden, Art in the Open, LCACE (London Centre for Arts and Cultural Enterprise), Axis, IXIA (Public Art Think Tank), PASW (Public Art South West) and RUDI (Resource for Urban Design Information).
Friday, 21st September 2007, 10am to 4pm: GUIDED TOUR: Building Cultures Urban Walkabout. Venue: Camden Centre, Bidborough Street, London WC1 Bookings: £15 includes the walkabout, seminar and lunch developing out of Building Cultures: Can Artists Make Great Places?
Create KX and LCACE with the support of London Borough of Camden, invite you to explore the past present and future of public art strategies for Central London's biggest redevelopment in over a hundred years. Make a choice of two guided tours around Kings's Cross or along the Euston Road charting previous public realm commissions and interventions and revealing the physical and social landscape within which the new art and cultural activity will be sited. Followed by lunch, discussion and debate drawing together the themes of the conference with the issues and opportunities arising in King's Cross.
Thursday, 20th September 2007, Official London Design Festival and Urban Design Week 2007 event.
Venue: Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1
Further information http://www.artandarchitecturejournal.com/
Online Booking www.lcace.org.uk/events/
Bookings: £135 Professional Delegate Rate (includes annual subscription to the Art&Architecture Journal) £95 Concessions 9.30am-5pm
Creativity, Culture and Change are the themes of a one-day conference on leading regeneration projects through art and creativity with a focus on the mega-development at Kings Cross. The event will include presentations of Artists for Places - a partnership between CABE, A&B and Arts Council England; an evaluation by Comedia on the PROJECT scheme to support public art strategies embedded within the planning system; an open forum with key speakers on art, architecture, landscape and planning, debating the role of art and cultural activity within the design of the built environment.
The conference is targeted at public art officers, artists, community development officers, urban designers, property developers, planners, architects, town centre managers, economic development officers, regeneration managers and policy makers. The event is being organised with the supported of Arts and Business, Create KX, London Borough of Camden, Art in the Open, LCACE (London Centre for Arts and Cultural Enterprise), Axis, IXIA (Public Art Think Tank), PASW (Public Art South West) and RUDI (Resource for Urban Design Information).
Friday, 21st September 2007, 10am to 4pm: GUIDED TOUR: Building Cultures Urban Walkabout. Venue: Camden Centre, Bidborough Street, London WC1 Bookings: £15 includes the walkabout, seminar and lunch developing out of Building Cultures: Can Artists Make Great Places?
Create KX and LCACE with the support of London Borough of Camden, invite you to explore the past present and future of public art strategies for Central London's biggest redevelopment in over a hundred years. Make a choice of two guided tours around Kings's Cross or along the Euston Road charting previous public realm commissions and interventions and revealing the physical and social landscape within which the new art and cultural activity will be sited. Followed by lunch, discussion and debate drawing together the themes of the conference with the issues and opportunities arising in King's Cross.
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