- improve the position of women in relation to planning, architecture and urban design issues
- provide an opportunity for women to share experiences of barriers and good practice
- promote feminist, inclusive thinking in planning, architecture and urban design
Women, Public Art and
the City
20th February 1:30-5pm
2008
Public art plays an important part in urban change and regeneration. Spanning a wide variety of forms and practices, and reflecting diverse collaborations between artists, architects, urban designers and local communities, public art projects seek to enhance the quality of urban life and the urban environment.
This seminar will address public art as both site and subject for art by women and the ways in which public art – and art about public space - can enhance women’s lives in the city. It will consider the roles of women as artists working in the public realm, women’s experiences of public art, and the involvement of women in community consultation and the commissioning of public art projects. The seminar will consider feminist art practice in and about the public realm and the ways in which women and men might produce and experience public art in different ways.
Cameron Cartiere will speak about the ‘Manifesto of Possibilities: Commissioning Public Art in the Urban Environment’ (to be launched on 31 January 2008); Liza Fior will discuss the work of Muf on art and architecture in the public realm; Anne Thorne will speak about her experiences as an architect working in public art projects; and artist Abigail Reynolds will discuss her ‘Mount Fear’ project, which models the frequency and location of urban crime.
1:30 Registration – Tea/coffee
1:45 Welcome – Alison Blunt – LWPF Chair
2:00 Cameron Cartiere, Arts Management, Birkbeck, University of London www.manifestoofpossibilities.co.uk
2:30 Liza Fior, Muf www.muf.co.uk
3:00 Break
3:15 Anne Thorne, Anne Thorne Architects Partnership www.annethornearchitects.co.uk
3:45 Abigail Reynolds, Ruskin School, University of Oxford
www.abigailreynolds.com
4.15 Jill Fenton, discussant, Geography, QMUL
4.30 Discussion
5.00 Drinks reception
The seminar is free but space is limited. To reserve a place please contact the London Women and Planning Forum administrator, Felicity Paynter at f.paynter@qmul.ac.uk or Department of Geography, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS.