all travel bursaries have now been sent out and should be with you shortly.

We'll be putting up more images shortly.
Photographs: Margherita Gramegna www.margheritagramegna.co.uk

Ideas from last Friday, discussion with all our cloths of thoughts at Art Council London, 27th December 2009

How do we want Figure Ground to be? What do we want it to do?

Summary

We need to keep it simple

There is a will to make things happen

Further days to develop in 2010

Starting with a picnic for all spring 2010

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Exposing your own processes to others

Exposed to other peoples processes

Fire

Other peoples’ process

We and the local

Creative generosity

To test

Provocative

Process not product

it is the meeting that counts - not constructing an institution

Time and space to have fun and be together

Water

Vague pin

Challenge parameters and definitions of public art

Discussion beyond artists – not just artists

Space to rejuvenate

Town as grey canvas

Umbrella needs anchor

Artists taking control, as awareness campaign

Adopting social work

Not admin/boring things

Questions not answers

Manifesto – structure

Continuity

Earth

Practical

Support

Initiating

Repeat

Breakdown barriers

Time to talk

Money to play

Remove politics

We want others to invite us

State of mind not institution

Invitations to play

Situations to play

Calling people to play

Nebulous

State of mind

Having a clean slate

No legacy

No history

Air

Repeat annual

Taking to different place

Creating network

Revisiting people

Value and sustain focus

Not so much an endpoint

Document process – this is practise led research – contributing to current knowledge

What we learn on the way rather than being its’ own

Let it grow, flow

Grow into its’ own thing

Physically meeting

Commitment to

Picnic next spring

(details to follow)

to share names and who came from where.

to develop further occasions in 2010

Those there all made various commitments to help carry this project forward.

Katy, Jon and myself are meeting up soon and will be in touch.

Our promise to develop a tool kit – information of how... from the evaluation of the project so far

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.