"Empty spaces left by housing clearance offer time limited opportunities to establish public uses on vacant sites next to housing in Burnley's Housing Market Renewal areas."
"The Landform project uses not only the space, but also the material that is left behind after demolition"
Burnley Public Art Programme
Client and Partners: Artist Kevin Carter, Burnley Borough Council, Elevate East Lancashire, CABE's PROJECT initiative
Size: Four ideas for public art projects, focused on the Housing Market Renewal intervention areas in Burnley
Current Stage: 2 artworks in production, 2 seeking capital funding
Cost: Combined £150,000
Awarded Royal Town Planning Regional Award 2007, and a commendation for the National Award 2007(Community Engagement Category).
The project proposes four ideas for public art works, focused on the Housing Market Renewal intervention areas in Burnley, East Lancashire. The ideas are designed to prompt discussion about the present and future effects of Housing Market Renewal in each area. They also reflect people’s experience of Housing Market Renewal. All four ideas were shaped in conversation with Burnley residents.
Our brief emphasised involving young people and other local groups in the formation of ideas and also emphasised developing relationships between the community and private developers. It proved difficult to make links with the multitude of existing local initiatives. Therefor the brief was often proved to be over-ambitious. But we succeeded in drawing up four imaginative proposals for public art projects in consultation with mixed-age, mixed-race community groups. More detailed proposals and costings, are now drawn up in preparation for further funding applications. 'Peer Plaques' is ready to be installed in early 2008 and an instance of 'Landform' will go into detailed design production in April 2008. (more ...)
above:‘Strawberry Fields' establishes a pick-your-own horticulture project close to housing in Burnley
left:‘Landform' uses not only the space, but also tyhe material that is left behind after demolition
above (top): 'Peer Plaques' enables residents to directly express their thoughts on the HMR regeneration programme
above (bottom): 'Green Streets' alters the character and the use of roads between traditional terraced houses