Participant Review day

Friday 27th November at the Arts Council England offices in London
starts 11.30am for 12, and finishes at 4pm.
The purpose of the day will be to share experiences, expand on our personal responses to issues/ideas raised, and think about next steps..
If you didn't attend one of the figure ground events but are interested in coming along, please email us at figuregroundprojects@gmail.com

if you haven't already

if you haven't already seen the images at facebook and other comments emerging - have a look..figureground

Bracknell

what is the place of the public in the public art

passing of time
transforming underpass
becoming another

portable places
calling attention to
seeing others seeing

performance leading discussion
forensic attitude
narrative

thoughtful intriguing day, awareness of that there are many approaches to public art, art in the public realm. different contrasting.

Brighton

thanks to everyone who survived the weather and made the most of everything to hand.

edges of public interventions in places occupied by public

temporary fleeting
public private

experiential

play being

historic noticing
a dipper, an actress and a soldier

by the end of the day one group had set up a blog of their activities and had already created a series of work http://youhavewonapieceofart.blogspot.com/

There are some superb images - we are still absorbing - will be posting some soon.... now
preparing for Bracknell.

what is art in the public realm ?

In the run up to the Brighton event tomorrow, how do we define ourselves as public artists in the public realm?

documentor

We are delighted to let you know that Margherita Gramegna will be documenting all the events.
She is an artist-filmmaker based in Rochester. Her ongoing project Artists Don't Bite combines filmmaking with public art.

www.margheritagramegna.co.uk

milton keynes event

We were planning an event in Milton Keynes = as only a few artists applied there we decided to cancel the event. There was excellent support from Artworks MK and most artists who were going to join us MK are now going to Brighton or Bracknell.