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02 | 11 | 2016

Sarah Staton Talk, Wednesday 23 November

Sarah Staton will be giving a talk about her work as part of the UWE/Art in the City talk series at Arnolfini, Bristol at 6.30pm.

Sarah Staton creates spaces and objects that seek to enable revelry and reverie.  Her work combines a sculptor’s sensibility with design, landscape and architecture.  Staton’s practice draws inspiration from graphic and furniture designers, architects and cultural critics with whom she collaborates.  Staton’s recent work has explored interaction between audience and environment where her artworks have become habitable or capable of supporting life.  Staton is interested in the tactile qualities of our built environment, an idea she returns to repeatedly in her work.

In the lecture she will talk about her work including Edith and Hans, the new public realm commission produced by Field Art Projects for the University of Bristol, a 21st century folly and social sculpture for the University’s halls of residence at Stoke Bishop.  She exhibits internationally and her work is held in public collections all over the world.

Tickets are £6/£4 and free to students and staff at the University of Bristol and UWE.  To book follow the link.

15 | 09 | 2016

University of Bristol launch Edith & Hans, a new public artwork by Sarah Staton

The University of Bristol will launch a new public artwork by Sarah Staton today. 

Produced by Field Art Projects and commissioned by the University, Edith & Hans is a 21st century folly situated in the meadows of the Stoke Bishop Halls of Residence.  This permanent artwork has been commissioned as part of the University’s commitment to public art reinforcing the distinctive aspects of the different types of gardens and parkland surrounding the halls of residence.  Staton’s practice combines design and art history influences with formal sculptural values, often mixing traditional craft techniques with cutting-edge technology.  She draws together various influences in her work:  in the case of Edith and Hans making multiple references to both the historic site of the artwork and its contemporary context.

For further information and images please contact kate@brightsparkpr.co.uk.

18 | 07 | 2016

Looking for an Associate Creative Producer to work on Bristol Arena art programme

We are currently seeking an Associate Creative Producer (freelance) to work with us to develop and implement a public art programme for the Bristol Arena, a new 12,000 capacity entertainment arena commissioned by Bristol City Council.  It will be the first time the city has an Arena and will make it possible to bring large-scale concerts and indoor sports events to the southwest.  The Arena will be a catalyst for the development of Arena Island and the wider area adjacent to Temple Meads railway station in central Bristol.

The role will involve working with artists to develop and implement a dynamic programme which reflects the best of the city, makes links to Bristol’s key cultural organisations as well as to the residential and business communities in the neighbourhood, stimulates discussion and debate and generates connections locally, nationally and internationally. 

A fixed fee of £18,000 is offered based on a daily rate of £180 for the period September 2016 to December 2018.

For further details of the role, please email theresabergne@fieldartprojects.com.  Deadline for applications is 5pm Friday 12 August.

07 | 04 | 2016

Bristol Arena gets the green light

Bristol City Council’s Development Control Committee has given the go ahead for the 12,000 capacity Bristol Arena and approved outline plans for the rest of Arena Island.

Both applications received unanimous support, a detailed planning application for the arena building with a public plaza, and an outline application for the future development of housing, business and leisure uses close to the venue.

Field Art Projects are advising the design team for the arena on the public art strategy for the Bristol Arena and Arena Island and will be delivering the public art programme for Bristol Arena. 

The new venue is due to be located on the derelict former diesel depot site, close to Temple Meads station.

The Bristol Arena is a flexible indoor venue with spaces for public exhibitions, fashion shows and conferences, and is able to accommodate from 4,500 theatre-goers to 12,000 live music fans.

The design team consists of entertainment and sports designer firm Populous, with Stirling Prize architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, BuroHappold Engineering and sound specialists Vanguard.

18 | 03 | 2016

Murdered with Straight Lines, Drawings of Bristol by Garth England

I’m really delighted to receive a preview copy of Murdered with Straight Lines, a book of drawings by Garth England.  We met Garth whilst researching the Future Perfect art programme.  Garth had spent almost all of his seventy-nine years living in neighbourhoods in south Bristol: Knowle West, Hengrove, Totterdown and Bedminster.  The jobs he held throughout his life - paperboy, telegram boy, milkman and railway man - gave him a deep understanding of the rhythm, architecture and people of this part of Bristol.  The book is made up of exquisitely detailed drawings by Garth of different stages of his life.  It includes an essay by my co-curator Jes Fernie, was beautifully designed by Polimekanos and is published by Redcliffe Press.  Look out for copies later in April!