On-site/Off-site: Thomas Bewick and contemporary art at National Trust Cherryburn.

这个“影响与参与”项目旨在解决两个关键问题：临时特定地点艺术委员会的长期遗产和访问权；数字空间对文物行业观众发展的潜力。与托马斯·比威克诞生地樱桃本的国民信托历史财产和收藏以及我们的新合作伙伴比威克协会合作，该项目旨在通过两方面的工作来解决遗产、访问和受众发展问题。首先，作为MCAHE项目的一部分，Marcus Coates和Mark Fairington在2018-19年创作的两件艺术品将被重新审视，以创建可访问的数字版本。这旨在展示当代艺术和传播的数字形式的潜力，反过来，它有能力产生新的观众，并使委托艺术品更容易获得。其次，我们将与Bewick协会合作，按照MCAHE艺术家委员会为cherry - burn设计的原始意图，创作一件新的数字优先艺术作品。这个天生的数字作品试图展示一种替代的委托和传播方法，这可能再次吸引并帮助发展不同的受众。该项目的经验将在一个项目研讨会上分享，旨在激发更广泛的当代艺术、数字、遗产和博物馆社区围绕数字平台的价值和未来发展进行讨论和辩论，以保存、呈现和创造特定地点的艺术实践。研讨会将与业界支援机构“艺术与遗产”合作举办。为什么需要这样做？文物遗址委托艺术作品的数量显著增加，而遗址委托工作也变得越来越多样化——从乡村别墅到历史水道。主要的计划已经出现，例如国民信托的“信托新艺术”计划，该计划在2009年至2019年期间委托300多名艺术家为其150处房产设计。尽管如此，直到最近，关于委托当代艺术作为遗产的实践或其对艺术家、遗产遗址和观众的影响的研究还很少。AHRC资助的当代艺术遗产测绘（MCAHE）项目（https://research.ncl.ac.uk/mcahe/）解决了这一差距。MCAHE（2017-2020）是一个跨学科的、以实践为主导的研究项目，研究了英国遗产中委托当代艺术的作用、范围和实践。该项目汇集了学者、艺术家、文物专家、志愿者和游客的知识和经验。通过一系列以实践为主导的案例研究，包括为东北部的四个遗产创作六件新艺术品，研究的主要发现包括当代艺术委员会可以吸引新的观众，为艺术家提供扩展实践的重要机会，并可以在公众理解历史方面发挥重要作用。话虽如此，但很明显，临时的特定地点艺术委员会往往记录不佳，遗产有限。这对遗产组织来说很重要，因为委托当代艺术可能是一个资源密集型的过程，在时间和金钱方面，但它的影响可能是短暂的。这也意味着只有那些能够亲自参观遗产遗址的人才能接触到艺术品。这些问题对于开放时间有限或空间有限的遗产地尤其重要。有什么好处？通过加强影响力和传播，该项目将：-影响委托实践，考虑遗产，可访问性和数字化-进一步扩大艺术家的实践-开发新的受众和增加访问-为委托当代艺术的人创造更好的投资回报。

This Impact and Engagement project seeks to address two key issues:- the long-term legacy of, and access to, temporary site-specific art commissions- the potential of digital space for audience development within the heritage sector.Working with the National Trust's historic property and collection at Cherryburn, the birthplace of Thomas Bewick, and our new partner, The Bewick Society, this project seeks to address the issues of legacy, access and audience development through two strands of work. Firstly, two artworks created as part of the MCAHE project by Marcus Coates and Mark Fairington in 2018-19 will be revisited to create digitally accessible versions. This looks to demonstrate the potential of digital forms of contemporary art and dissemination which, in turn, has the capacity to generate new audiences and make commissioned artworks more accessible. Secondly, we will work with the Bewick Society to create a new digital-first artwork that follows the intentions of the original MCAHE artists' commission brief for Cherryburn. This born-digital work seeks to demonstrate an alternative commissioning and dissemination approach, which again might appeal to and help to develop different audiences. The experiences of this project will be shared at a project symposium designed to stimulate discussion and debate within the wider contemporary art, digital, heritage and museum communities around the value and future development of digital platforms for the preservation, representation and creation of site-specific art practice. The symposium will be delivered in partnership with the sector support organisation Arts&Heritage.Why is this needed?There has been a significant increase in the number of artworks being commissioned for heritage sites, and the the sites commissioning work have become increasingly varied - from country houses to historic waterways. Major schemes have emerged, such as the National Trust's 'Trust New Art' programme which between 2009-2019 commissioned over 300 artists for 150 of its properties. Despite this, until recently there was very little research on the practice of commissioning contemporary art for heritage or on its impact for artists, heritage sites and audiences. The AHRC funded Mapping Contemporary Art in Heritage (MCAHE) project (https://research.ncl.ac.uk/mcahe/) addressed this gap. MCAHE (2017-2020) was an interdisciplinary, practice-led research project that examined the role, scope and practice of commissioning contemporary art within heritage properties in the UK. The project brought together the knowledge and experience of academics, artists, heritage professionals, volunteers and visitors. Focused on a series of practice-led case studies which involved the creation of six new artworks for four heritage properties in the North East, key findings of the research included that contemporary art commissions could attract new audiences, provide important opportunities for artists to expand their practice, and can play an important role in public understanding of history. That said, it became clear that temporary site-specific art commissions tend to be poorly documented and have limited legacy. This is important for heritage organisations because commissioning contemporary art can be a resource intensive process, in terms of time and money, and yet its impact can be shortlived. It also has access implications in that only those who can physically visit the heritage site can engage with the artwork. These issues are particularly pertinent for heritage sites that might have limited opening hours or limited space. What are the benefits?By enhancing impact and dissemination this project will: - impact commissioning practices to consider legacy, accessibility & digital- further expand artists' practice- develop new audiences and enhance access- create better return on investment for those commissioning contemporary art.