Jetty

可持续发展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。尽管这一术语在学术界、专业人士和大众的辩论中被广泛使用，但经常存在相互冲突和相互矛盾的理解，这给更广泛地采用“可持续发展”战略制造了障碍。同时，虽然环保主义和气候变化已经成为美术领域的关注领域，但在城市公共艺术实践中，对可持续发展的更复杂的含义和理解还没有得到充分的探索。作为一个连接美术和城市设计辩论的跨学科项目，Jetty调查了当代公共艺术品如何对这场多层次辩论的重塑做出有意义的贡献。该项目是由纽卡斯尔大学艺术与文化学院的艺术家沃尔夫冈·韦勒德和曼彻斯特大学建筑研究中心主任、城市学家西蒙·盖伊以及来自艺术、遗产、教育和商界的其他项目合作伙伴共同开发的。码头项目的核心是一个临时大型建筑艺术品的创作，融入了令人印象深刻的邓斯顿·斯泰斯木结构，这是纽卡斯尔盖茨黑德泰恩河南岸的地标性纪念碑和二级建筑。在开发该项目时，学术合作伙伴将与泰恩和沃尔保护信托基金密切合作，该信托基金是Dunston Staithes的所有者，作为为该结构提供长期和可持续未来的倡议的一部分。这些艺术品将与来自纽卡斯尔学院建筑技能学院和RBAU Sunderland的学员和专业人员合作建造，为进入建筑业的年轻人提供一个创新的技能交流机会。通过其开发和展览，码头艺术品将被用作研究和辩论的催化剂，对可持续发展的本地和专业含义、解释和理解进行辩论。活动将侧重于三个被认为是本次讨论中心的不同利益群体：艺术社区，包括艺术家、专员和策展人；城市专业人士，包括景观和城市设计师、建筑师、规划师和政策制定者；以及纽卡斯尔盖茨黑德地理社区的成员，包括居民、社区和当地利益集团。这些小组的参与将通过专题小组、个人访谈、国际研讨会、在线活动和艺术品公开展览的观众相结合的方式实现。通过该项目获得的知识将通过一系列活动向当地、国内和国际观众广泛传播，包括：邓斯顿·斯泰斯的特定地点装置；Jetty项目网站；由盖茨海德的波罗的海当代艺术中心主办的跨学科研讨会；Jetty书籍的出版；为有影响力的学术期刊和相关研究期刊共同撰写学术文章；在国内和国际艺术和城市专业人士会议上发表演讲。作为一个研究项目和案例研究，Jetty将使美术、城市化和遗产领域的学者和从业者受益，为这些不同领域的可持续发展的含义、理解和影响提供新的见解。通过与纽卡斯尔盖茨黑德当地社区和观众的接触，Jetty将为这座城市的文化和社会复兴做出贡献，推动它成为一个可持续的艺术实践场所。

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.