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Our whole environment could be a work of art - i n theory at least; yet with nature, art, industry & people, as we all know, the true value lies beyond the aesthetic. Stuart Bastik The role of (Inter)National Artists, Architects, other

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“Our whole environment could be a work of art -

in theory at least; yet with nature, art, industry & people, as we all know, the true value lies beyond the aesthetic”. Stuart Bastik

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The role of (Inter)National Artists, Architects,

  • ther Specialists & Communities in

Re-Visioning the

Social, Natural & Built

environment

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The Social Mobilising & empowering people

  • work ‘with’ communities to make change.
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Meat Pies, Natterjack Toads, Nuclear Submarines, Basking Sharks, The Fat Controller, Airships, Six Spot Burnet Moths, Mass Observation, Skinning Squirrels, Super Stimuli, Mythological Kings, Yellow Horned Poppies & the largest Off-shore Wind-farm in the world...

The Islands of Barrow Peoples' Museum

Places are never one thing...

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the Nobel Prize-winning research of Niko Tinbergen & Nella Last’s writing for Mass Observation Validating the stuff of peoples lives - contextualising their collections alongside...

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Present complex ideas in simple ways Bite-sized pieces of information presented in familiar formats. Islands of Barrow Beer Maps

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Know a little about a lot - in preference to - A lot about a little Identify the connections between features which form places

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North Walney National Nature Reserve

Move beyond ‘Romantic’ conceptions of place - Invest in research -

uncover & embrace the complexities & contradictions of a place to maximise the possibilities.

The ‘Natural’ anything from NNR’s & SSSI’s to Brown-field sites, backyards & allotments

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Fort Walney Uncovered : Art & Archaeology Project

An Art Gene Heritage Lottery funded project which began with an excavation of rare WW1 Practice Trenches within the North Walney NNR. Developed In partnership with Natural England, BAE Systems & archaeologist Dr George Nash.

Photo: Lawrence Hill 2005

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Show, Share & Care - be generous with your time, skills, resources and friendships.

Actively listen

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SELDOM SEEN MOBILE PHONE

APPS

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Photo: Lawrence Hill 2005

‘One for Sorrow’

Fort Walney Uncovered - A non civic war memorial in two parts... North Walney National Nature Reserve

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Photo: Lawrence Hill 2005

‘One for Sorrow’

Fort Walney Uncovered - A non civic war memorial in two parts... North Walney National Nature Reserve

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‘One for Sorrow’

Fort Walney Uncovered - A non civic war memorial in two parts... North Walney National Nature Reserve

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The Built including the unloved, the listed, vernacular, industrial, scheduled & the unsanctioned Roker Pods Off grid touring spaces.

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Embrace new technologies and learn from old ones

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Create a culture of invention and imagination which positively embraces risk as an opportunity for change

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Tackle the…imagination deficit…and risk adverse culture

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Roker Pods Off grid touring spaces.

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Practice Understand the power of humour in communicating complex & serious concerns or ideas

Maddi Nicholson, Artist co-founder Director, Art Gene, Touring inflated replica of a demolished Barrow Terraced House

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We are interested in drawing out and attaching value to unusual ‘hidden assets’ Barrow terrace on tour

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Painting South Walney Hides - Herring gull egg pattern - super-stimuli from Communities to Concept and Realisation

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Two new Hides and a whole-site masterplan for South Walney Nature Reserve - Cumbria Wildlife Trust

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Yet it ranks 5th Nationally for health deprivation and disability

Barrow Borough is the No.1 Borough in England for the number and quality its natural heritage assets.

(Royal Society of Arts and Industry - Heritage index, 2015 & 2016)

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The Islands and Bays of Barrow and Furness - Coastal Community Team

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The Islands and Bays of Barrow and Furness - Coastal Community Team

Sandy Gap cic - Visitor centre

  • outdoor events, workshops, volunteering
  • Leading to temporary structures and viewing areas in the landscape.

“Linking our Communities and Landscapes”

Embrace the complexities of place

  • make small things possible….. that have a big effect on lives
  • & work with local people as the solution to this change.
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