Jetty

可持续性是一个有争议的术语和概念，根据当地的城市背景和历史有不同的解释和想象。虽然这个词在学术界、专业界和大众辩论中被广泛使用，但往往存在相互冲突和矛盾的理解，这对更广泛地采用“可持续发展”战略造成了障碍。与此同时，虽然环境保护主义和气候变化是美术领域的既定兴趣领域，但在城市公共艺术实践中，对可持续性的更复杂的含义和理解尚未得到充分的探索。作为一个连接美术和城市设计辩论的跨学科项目，Jetty研究了当代公共艺术品如何有意义地为重塑这一多层次的辩论做出贡献。该项目是由纽卡斯尔大学艺术与文化学院的艺术家Wolfgang Weileder和曼彻斯特大学建筑研究中心主任城市学家Simon Guy合作开发的，还有来自艺术，遗产，教育和商业社区。在码头项目的核心是建立一个临时的大型-大规模的建筑艺术品集成在令人印象深刻的Dunston Staithes木结构中，Dunston Staithes是纽卡斯尔盖茨黑德泰恩河南岸的一个里程碑式的预定纪念碑和二级结构。在开发该项目的过程中，学术合作伙伴将与Dunston Staithes的所有者Tyne and Wear Preservation Trust密切合作，作为其为该结构提供长期和可持续未来的倡议的一部分。该艺术品将与来自纽卡斯尔学院建筑技能学院和RBAU桑德兰的学员和专业人员合作建造，为进入建筑行业的年轻人提供技能交流的创新机会。在整个开发和展览过程中，Jetty艺术品将被用作研究和辩论的催化剂，以促进当地和专业意义，对可持续性的理解和理解。活动将侧重于被认为是本次讨论中心的三个不同的利益群体：艺术界，包括艺术家、专员和策展人;城市专业人员，包括景观和城市设计师、建筑师、规划师和决策者;以及纽卡斯尔-盖茨黑德地理社区的成员，包括居民、社区和地方利益团体。这些团体的参与将通过焦点小组、个人访谈、国际研讨会、在线活动以及作为艺术品公开展览的观众来实现。通过该项目获得的知识将通过一系列活动广泛传播给当地、国家和国际观众，包括：Dunston Staithes的现场特定装置; Jetty项目网站;由盖茨黑德波罗的海当代艺术中心主办的跨学科研讨会;出版《码头》一书;为高影响力和相关研究期刊共同撰写学术文章;在艺术和城市专业团体的国家和国际会议上发表演讲。作为一个研究项目和案例研究，Jetty将使在美术，城市化和遗产领域工作的学者和从业者受益，为这些不同领域的可持续性的含义，理解和影响提供新的见解。通过与纽卡斯尔当地社区和观众的接触，盖茨黑德码头将为城市的文化和社会复兴做出贡献，促进其成为可持续艺术实践的场所。

Sustainability is a disputed term and concept, interpreted and imagined differently according to local urban contexts and histories. Although the term is used extensively across academia, professional and popular debate, there are often conflicting and contradictory understandings, creating a barrier to wider adoption of 'sustainable development' strategies. Meanwhile, although environmentalism and climate change are established areas of interest in the fine art field more complex meanings and understandings of sustainability have not been fully explored within urban public art practice. As an interdisciplinary project that connects the debates of fine art and urban design, Jetty investigates how a contemporary public artwork can meaningfully contribute to the reshaping of this multi-layered debate. The project is developed as a collaboration between artist Wolfgang Weileder based at Newcastle University School of Arts and Culture, and urbanist Simon Guy, Director of the Architecture Research Centre at the University of Manchester, with additional project partners from the arts, heritage, education and business community.At the heart of the Jetty project is the creation of a temporary large-scale architectural artwork integrated within the impressive wooden structure of Dunston Staithes, a landmark Scheduled Monument and Grade II structure on the south bank of the River Tyne in NewcastleGateshead. In developing the project the academic partners will work closely with Tyne and Wear Preservation Trust, the owner of Dunston Staithes as part of its initiative to provide a long-term and sustainable future for the structure. The artwork will be constructed in collaboration with trainees and specialist staff from Newcastle College Construction Skills Academy and RBAU Sunderland, providing an innovative opportunity for skills exchange for the benefit of young people entering the construction industry.Throughout its development and exhibition the Jetty artwork will be utilised as a catalyst for research and debate into local and professional meanings, interpretations and understandings of sustainability. Activity will focus on three distinct communities of interest considered to be at the centre of this discussion: the artistic community, including artists, commissioners and curators; urban professionals, including landscape and urban designers, architects, planners and policy makers; and members of the geographic community of NewcastleGateshead, including residents, community and local interest groups. Involvement of these groups will be achieved through a combination of focus groups, individual interviews, an international symposium, online activity, and as audiences for the public exhibition of the artwork.The knowledge gained through this project will be widely disseminated to local, national and international audiences via a range of activities including: the site-specific installation at Dunston Staithes; the Jetty project website; an interdisciplinary symposium hosted by BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead; publication of the Jetty book; co-authoring of academic articles for high-impact and relevant research journals; presentations at national and international conferences for artistic and urban professional communities. As a research project and case study, Jetty will benefit academics and practitioners working within the fine art, urbanism and heritage fields, providing new insights into the meanings, understanding and implications of sustainability across these different sectors. Through engagement with local communities and audiences in NewcastleGateshead Jetty will contribute to the cultural and social regeneration of the city, promoting it as a site for sustainable arts practice.