WOMEN, PUBLIC ART AND THE CITY

WOMEN, PUBLIC ART AND THE CITY
London Women and Planning Forum Seminar
LCACE ‘Building Cultures’ seminar series

Wednesday 20th February 2008, 1:45-5:30pm

Registration Room 126, Department of Geography, Queen Mary,
University of London, Mile End Road, E1 4NS

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, Department of Geography, QMUL: discussant

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. See
www.lwpf.org.uk
for more information about LWPF and this seminar.



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Prof. Alison Blunt
Department of Geography
Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road
London E1 4NS

tel: 020 7882 8437
fax: 020 8981 6276

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