//...ARC (HULL) & ARTS COUNCIL COMMISSION SHORTLIST...// My proposal for a work of public art to accompany the design of a new bridge across the river Hull was shortlisted by ARC, the architecture centre for the Hull and Humber region, for an Arts Council / Townscape Heritage Initiative commission. The brief was to create a piece of art, in consultation with the community, that would "bring together the two geographic regions [of East and West Hull]" and focus on "the architecture and heritage of the represented area." My proposal promised to "connect Hull's citizens, her architecture and her varied history through a series of portraits. The portraits will feature ordinary residents of the city whose professions or pastimes somehow connect them to one of the city's seminal historical roles." "These portraits will represent the ripples of Hull's past as they influence the city of the present. Some portraits will have a comical, ironic twist. Others will more directly and seriously relate the city's contemporary economic and social challenges." This is an exciting chance for me to get my first public art commission, and to finally run another large-scale participatory art project, something I haven't done since PhotoVoice's ambitious Side-By-Side project of 2006/2007. Interviews are on Monday, May 24th, and we should know the winner of the commission by the end of the day. Stay tuned for more details...
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