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Isle of Man Regeneration: Public Art Programme

Initial visioning exercise - 19th March 2012

Noah Rose, Ian Banks, Matt Owen

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Isle of Man Regeneration Public Art Co-ordination - Noah Rose & Associates

Introduction

Noah Rose & Associates have been appointed to coordinate artistic direction for public artas part of the strategic regeneration programmes forRamsey, Laxey, Peel and the South West (Port Erin and Port St. Mary).

Some limited coordination also applies to separate public art developments forDouglas and Castletown.

Information on this programme and on Noah Rose & Associates can be viewed on:http://sevenmanxtowns.blogspot.com/

Team comprises: Noah Rose (Lead Artist & Coordinator); Ian Banks (Public ArtConsultant & Architect); and Matt Owen (Associate Artist).

As a starting point, the issues that the team considered critical to the successfulundertaking of the island-wide project cover 5 key strands - which are:

Location and Distinctiveness (a unique sense of place)

Community Engagement (arts activity used more as action research) Design Team Integration (being fit for the brief, achievable and sustainable) Broadening Opportunities (facilitating local artists and creative skills etc) Cultural Visioning & Branding (being part of a joined-up cultural & tourism strategy)
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Peel Public Art Brief

Strands 1-3 of the brief for Peel, sets the focus for public art on the immediate areas centred aroundthe Project 1 and Project 2 areas (see map)This brief also looks to radiate out and interconnect across the town.

Ideas proposed will look to review all earlier public art proposals, public consultations and currentregeneration schemes being considered.


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Peel - Identified Sites / Project 1 Ideas

Initially, preliminary public art ideas have been identified for Peel Project 1.

Ideas need to be tested against:community supportdesign team supportavailable budgetslocal available skills of artists etc.


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Peel - Identified Sites / Project 2 Ideas

Similarly, Peel Project / Phase 2 ideas will develop either in parallel to Project 1 or be in seriesdependent on the agreed brief.

Not all projects will be possible of course though some may lay the seed for future commissions (byothers perhaps), including pan-island ones.


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01. Artisan Crafts

Contemporary crafts commission. Subtle typographical paving and wall pieces in stone and zinc tointerpret Peel community and history in hand-carved letters. Possible links to Manx Litfest 2012 &IoM Poetry Society. Small and often in attitude ofless is more.

Linked to linear interventions in terms of embedded hard landscaping and interpretation along walland floor streetscape of lanes and alleys from Project 1 and 2 sites - and also linking to sea frontpromenade, harbour and island.


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02. Artisan Shop Signs

Artist input into potential shop canopies and signage to Douglas Street / AthollPlace etc.Eg: Bronze Kipper for Kipper shop, lamb for butchers and clock for jewellers etc.

Also traditional painted signs and elegant sign writing/ black-smithing. Potentialfor shop planning design guide.


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02. Artisan Shop Signs (continued)

Some further examples


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03. Pop-Up Artist Spaces

So-called Pop-Up artists colonisation of various vacant retail shops or industrial units creating aliteral shop window and network for artist studios, galleries, drop-ins and other installations andcreating cultural added-value to the streetscape. Units agreed on short-term leases - subject to

immediately vacating if being sold or let.


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04. Lettering& Typography

Artisan street signage and blank gable lettering (temporary & permanent poems etc)


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05. Manx Wildlife Trust

Development of wildlife sculpture brief linked to Raad ny Foillan (herring, Manx Shearwater etc) inrelationship to Manx Wildlife Trust (for location either outside of the new shop or at other location(s)throughout the town. Potentially linked to collections.


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06. St Peters Performance Space & Commemorative Garden

Subject to discussions over use of consecrated ground, is potential for fixed staging and seating alongwith creative lighting and projection to create backdrop to outdoor music, dances and promenadetheatre, mystery and passion plays as well as film screenings and art installations etc.

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07. St Peters Clock

In 1872 a clock was presented to Peel by the Hon. J.K.Ward from Montreal and so the tower in StPeters was built to house it. To mark its 140th anniversary, is proposed a new chiming, musical or othersourced sound sculpture with night-time lighting to make it a central feature and animated tourismdraw like the Prague Astronomical Clock.


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10. Navigational Beacons

Limited application of permanent or temporary intervention of colour, graphics, lighting and windowson both minor and major landmark buildings to animate navigation along key meandering trails withartist-designed Peel palette. Negotiation with landowners and subsidy.


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11. Reflective Seating

Crafted street furniture in stone or hardwood, placed on seafront. With discrete soundscape appliedvia integral MP3 players headphone port (people to provide own). Programmable with such things asLeece / Transport Museum commentary, and Manx language or poetry & songs from Manx Litfest andother programmes etc.


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13. Beach Caf & Viewing Deck

Subject to ownerships, leasing and of course capital costs, could explore an artist collaboration witharchitects etc to create new beach caf pavilion and sculptural sun awning and deck. Suggested linked towide custom zebra crossing and vehicular shared surface, and aesthetic of sculptural beachhut andLifeguard vernacular.


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13. Wayfinding / Interpretation

Traditional Information points as well as location-specific apps for wayfinding and QR Taginterpretation (Linked to key areas to Project 1 and 2 sites as well as Peel Online and of course majordestinations such as Peel Castle etc as local hub and gateway - with red telephone boxes possibly usedas mini information points)

Peel Castle is a castle in Peel, Isle ofMan originally constructed by Vikings.The castle stands on St Patrick's Islewhich is connected to the town bycauseway.

Peel Walking Tour Peel Castle

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15. Stamps

Artists to create new contemporary stamp series for Peel on agreed themes and also exhibited via lightprojection, shop windows, street banners and other printed media (could be one set for each town orsimilar). Exemplar artist case studies as example, include the recent Internment Camp artist series andthe current Paul Smith Olympic designs. Possible Leece Museum exhibit sources or possibly transport

links to the Transport Museum and Peel Engineering and the Peel P50 and Trident etc.


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16. Lumiere - Winter Festival of Light / Fire

Revisit of cancelled Bay and Viking Festivals ideas to explore feasibility for new community festival.Temporary intervention of lighting, projection and sound along the sea front and around key nodes suchas castle, cathedral and Corrins Tower.

Lighting, projection and lantern processions as winter 'Northern Lights' festival

potentially linked toSea and Manx heritage. Ideally, possible island co-ordination with other towns in the programme andwith wider island cultural programming.


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17. Raad ny Foillan (Isle of Man Coast Path) Public Art Trail

Connection of both old (i.e. Corrins Tower etc) and new public art commissions linked to thecurrent Isle of Man regeneration public art programme for Douglas, Laxey, Peel, Port Erin, Port StMary and Castletown. Clusters of town and village based commissions linked ideally with othercoastal path commissions along the trail funded separately (such as Point of Ayre, Jurby and KirkMichael).


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