Thames Gateway Project: seeking new art forms for the representation of the experience of contemporary landscape

泰晤士河口项目：寻求新的艺术形式来表现当代景观的体验

• 批准号: AH/D502128/1
• 负责人: Simon Callery
• 金额: $ 27.63万
• 依托单位: University of the Arts London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2006 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FD502128%2F1
• 关键词: Thames; Gateway; Project; seeking; new

My research proposal takes the form of a practice based art project. The research is focussed on a number of issues I am left with after a long period spent working in collaboration with the Institute of Archaeology. University of Oxford. My questions concern our understanding of landscape and to what degree contemporary art can contribute to this understanding. Landscape based art has historically played an important role in our culture. At its best it has the capacity to express aspects of our relationship with the landscape in a way other disciplines cannot. The questions I propose are: to what extent is contemporary art able to represent an experience of landscape that can now be perceived as multi-dimensional, temporal and pregnant with evidence of material culture past and present? How can art embrace the advances that other disciplines have made to our understanding of landscape and how can art rise to the challenges posed by the forces that are at work defining land use today? In project to pursue my research I intend to work again with archaeologists within an entirely different context. My partner is Oxford Archaeology. OA, the largest archaeology company in the UK, has been contracted to carry out the necessary archaeological work for the Thames Gateway regeneration, London Gateway port development and the proposed new runway at Stansted airport. Thames Gateway is the largest regeneration scheme in Western Europe. This scheme will bring about vast changes to the landscapes of the Thames corridor stretching from Tower Hamlets in London to Southend and Sheerness on the coast. Oxford Archaeology can offer me access to all the sites during the archaeological works presenting me with a unique perspective on landscape both on the surface and under excavation. I see this as an extraordinary window of opportunity to research how contemporary art can respond to a landscape during a period of change. My practical research work aims to develop art forms that can tackle the question of how to re-present the experience of landscape within the context of le Thames Gateway regeneration. I intend to work with physical material from the archaeological sites and (o make works that range from one off on site public events to large-scale sculptural undertakings. Some artwork will be ephemeral and transitory in nature whilst studio based sculpture, painting and drawing will constitute a response in more permanent form. Oxford Archaeology has an established audience that attends events organized by its outreach programme. We intend to add to this a local audience for the Thames Gateway Project and offer them an encounter with their changing landscape. Feedback and dialogue will allow voices from outside art and archaeology to be absorbed into the research process. Our aspirations for national and international attention shall grow from the activities rooted on a local level. There is enormous potential for the research project to resonate to an audience well beyond the established perimeters of the disciplines involved given the high visibility of the Thames Gateway regeneration scheme. There is potential to engage with an audience in a meaningful way in terms of the landscape they inhabit with access to material that illuminates (he characteristics of archaeological sites through the medium of contemporary art. This is to the advantage of OA who are actively seeking new ways to engage a wider audience. I see potential for an increased profile as a researcher in visual art and a clarification of my creative territory as an artist. I recognize that working directly in the landscape, as a practical research environment, will provide a rich stimulus for me to expand my range of materials and art forms. Significantly, the research intends to open the field for contemporary art to actively address current preoccupations and issues.

我的研究计划是以实践为基础的艺术项目。这项研究的重点是一些问题，我离开后，花了很长一段时间与考古研究所合作。牛津大学。我的问题是关于我们对风景的理解，以及当代艺术在多大程度上可以促进这种理解。景观艺术在历史上一直在我们的文化中发挥着重要作用。在最好的情况下，它有能力以其他学科无法表达的方式表达我们与景观关系的各个方面。我提出的问题是：当代艺术在多大程度上能够表现一种景观体验，这种体验现在可以被视为多维度的、时间性的，并孕育着过去和现在的物质文化的证据？艺术如何拥抱其他学科对我们对景观的理解所取得的进步，艺术如何应对当今定义土地使用的力量所带来的挑战？为了继续我的研究，我打算在一个完全不同的背景下再次与考古学家合作。我的搭档是牛津考古学。OA是英国最大的考古公司，已签约为泰晤士河门户再生、伦敦门户港口开发和拟议中的斯坦斯特德机场新跑道开展必要的考古工作。泰晤士门户是西欧最大的再生计划。这一计划将给泰晤士河走廊的景观带来巨大的变化，从伦敦的陶尔哈姆雷特延伸到海岸的绍森德和谢尔内斯。牛津考古学可以让我在考古工作期间访问所有的网站，为我提供了一个独特的视角，无论是在表面上还是在挖掘下的景观。我认为这是一个非凡的机会之窗，可以研究当代艺术如何在变化时期对景观做出反应。我的实际研究工作旨在开发艺术形式，可以解决如何在泰晤士河门户再生的背景下再现景观体验的问题。我打算用考古遗址的实物材料来创作，从现场的一次性公共活动到大型雕塑作品。一些艺术品将是短暂的和暂时的性质，而工作室为基础的雕塑，绘画和素描将构成一个更永久的形式的反应。牛津考古学有一个既定的观众，参加由其推广计划组织的活动。我们打算为泰晤士门户项目增加当地观众，并为他们提供一个与不断变化的景观相遇的机会。反馈和对话将允许来自艺术和考古学之外的声音被吸收到研究过程中。我们希望得到国家和国际关注的愿望将从植根于地方一级的活动中增长。鉴于泰晤士门户再生计划的高度知名度，该研究项目有巨大的潜力引起观众的共鸣，远远超出了所涉及学科的既定范围。有可能以一种有意义的方式与观众互动，就他们居住的景观而言，通过当代艺术的媒介获得阐明考古遗址特征的材料。这对OA有利，他们正在积极寻求新的方式来吸引更广泛的观众。我看到了作为一名视觉艺术研究人员的潜力，并澄清了我作为一名艺术家的创作领域。我认识到，直接在景观中工作，作为一个实际的研究环境，将为我提供丰富的刺激，以扩大我的材料和艺术形式的范围。重要的是，这项研究旨在为当代艺术打开一个积极解决当前关注和问题的领域。