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Way of the Roses - Public Art Methodology and Activity Report on work undertaken to date Introduction This section details the work undertaken by Matt Baker (hereafter ‘I’) and Cathy Newbery to deliver the Way of the Roses Public Art Brief. This spans from July 2010 - December 2010. The purpose of this process was to create a framework concept for an overall artwork for the Way of the Roses that met the aims of the brief and: • had sufficient detail of individual artworks to give the partners confidence in moving forward with the project *an overall artwork for the route that is made up of a range of individual pieces of artwork • proposed a realistic programme and method of implementation • kept all project partners informed and involved at all stages of the process Visiting the Partners on Home Territory August - Morecambe for 2 days..Community Engagement Team, Council Engineers, Cycling Team, Sustrans briefing September - Bridlington for 3 days..Rennaissance Team, Town Improvement Forum, Local Councillors, Shoreline Management September - LEADER co-operation event (Burton Agnes)....Dales LEADER and CWWW LEADER, Local Action Groups, Heritage, Land Management Studio Research Research into long distance cycle routes, mapping, landscape processes, pilgrimage, ancestral routes - and foolowing up on detailed information contributed by partners on specific local characteristics etc Methodology and Activity Cultural Mapping As part of the research process for the Public Art project Cathy Newbery was commissioed to carry out a Cultural Mapping across the length of the route. The detailed findings of this survey are covered elsewhere and integrated into the Implementation strategy proposed in scetion 4 of this document. However, the main themes of the Cultural Mapping are outlined here as they were a formative part of the overall research process: The Way of the Roses route has a lot to offer culturally as part of a journey with festivals and events, architecture, heritage and interesting places for rest points. Audit of the cultural activities shows the following: Types of activity: Agricultural Show, Architecture, Arts, Open Studios, Bird Watching, Literature Festivals, Heritage, House & Gardens, Carnival, Christmas Markets, Gallery, Cycling, Dance, Food/Drink Festivals, Public Art, Performance, Music, Nature, Museums, Light Installation, Kite Festival, Scarecrow Festival and specialist shops. There are strands of activity that could be marketed together for specialist trips. There is a significant visual art offer, public art and Open Studios across the route where users can meet artists in their workshops. Performance is a strong strand with venues and festivals showcasing specialist, popularist, historical and contemporary events. Twenty seven Heritage places to visit. Alternative/folk history trip e.g. Smallest art gallery Settle, Sanctuary & Wakeman Hornblower at Ripon, Mystery Plays & processions Agricultural Shows, Kite Festivals in Morecambe and Driffield. Geographical areas have specialties e.g. Yorkshire Dales has a vast amount of archeological finds and natural attractions, York has lots of museums and festivals, the coasts have offbeat festivals e.g. comedy. To maximize the ‘cultural-offer’ methods of extracting/linking information from the various tourism sites along the route would provide a good method for keeping information up to date and will be explored in the next phase. Venues and programmes are maybe interested in joint promotions and linking more with the route. Methodology and Activity Emerging Themes By mid September the following themes for the artwork were emerging: - Old or ‘special’ routes ….pilgrimage (St John of Bridlington, Pilgrimage of Grace), migra�on (Gypsey Race), Carlisle-Se�le railway, York Mystery Plays - Different material quali�es of landscape – shi�ing silt and mud, dry chalk valleys, hard rock …quarried and transported - ac�vi�es that celebrate uniqueness – local markets, customs. Fes�vals….souvenirs and relics - the processes that have shaped the land eg farming and how these ac�vi�es are changing in our modern era Methodology and Activity A Research Journey At the Partners Meeting in Burton Agnes on 22nd September I proposed undertaking the following research journey by a combination of car and bicycle: On the journey I proposed meeting and interviewing as many local people and stakeholders in the cycle route as possible Methodology and Activity Partners Call to Stakeholders The postcard below was circulated in hard copy and electronically as widely as possible by project partners to potential stakeholders, in addition, I followed through on potential leads thrown up by studio research. Way of the Roses - Public Art What I would like to build an understanding of in your area: Matt Baker [email protected] u structure of landscape - geologists, 01387 740680 walkers, farmers, 07855 957 401 uhistory of the place - big stories and small ones Upper McCubbington Auldgirth uculture of the area - creativity in Dumfries all forms, but particularly from the grassroots DG2 0JX ufunding opportunities for partnerships that could support and arts initiative making a connection between local culture and a new National leisure cycle route www.mattbaker.org.uk Methodology and Activity qstart 2 1 3 4 a general flavour - more detail later a general Travelling the Travelling of the Roses Way 5 6 7 1. Start/Finish point- Morecambe 2. Sunset - Promenade, Morecambe 3. Fishing slipway- Morecambe 4. Meal offer- Morecambe 5. Drystone Walling 6. County border crossing, Lancashire- Yorkshire 7. First farm in Yorkshire 8. Quarry incline - Pately Bridge 9. Limekiln - Nidderdale 10. Nidderdale landscape 8 9 10 Methodology and Activity 13 14 12 11 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 11. standing stones - Boroughbridge 15. Green Lanes - Wolds 19. Watching football in 3D - Bridlington 12. Brimham Rocks 16. Archaeological farm finds 20. Old Flanborough Lighthouse 13. Notice of stolen Maypole 17. Dew Pond - Wolds 21. Start/Finish - Bridlington 14. Victorian vagrant routes 18. Bridlington Priory finishp Methodology and Activity Meeting People - Researching the Route Through Discussion The people I met and talked with in detail along my research journey are listed on the folowing 2 pages: (casual/chance chats with people along the way are not listed) Susan Baxter Baxter’s Potted Shrimps Morecambe Mark Smith Baxter’s Potted Shrimps Morecambe Richard Hammond Lancaster City Council Morecambe Rachel Dyer Lancaster City Council Morecambe Michelle Cooper Maritime Museum Lancaster Sarah Hall Ludus Dance Lancaster Jaqueline Greaves Ludus Dance Lancaster Cedric Robinson Queens Guide – Kent Sands Grange over Sands Richard Storton RSPB – Futurescapes Morecambe Bay Dr Suzana Ilic Lancaster University Morecambe Bay Prof. Harry Pinkerton Lancaster University Craven Fault Alison Clough Pioneer Projects/Looking Well Dunsop Bridge Cathy Hopely Forest of Bowland ANOB Dunsop Bridge Martin Charlesworth Forest of Bowland ANOB Clapham Catherine Johnson Craven Council –Arts Clapham Andrew Laycock Craven Council – Devt Clapham Rima Berry Dales LEADER Clapham Dave Tayler YDMT – director Clapham Don Gamble YDMT – heritage projects Clapham Judy Rogers People in the Dales Clapham Christa Perry Hay Time Clapham Tanya St Pierre Flowers of the Dales Pately Bridge Chris Henderson Mayor Pately Bridge Prue Kegwin Dales LAG Pately Bridge Katy Penn Nidderdale ANOB Pately Bridge Sam ? Artist + Cyclist Pately Bridge Biddy Noakes Artist + organiser Pately Bridge Jim Moulton Yorevision Cycle Group Boroughbridge Methodology and Activity Jane Barber Yorevision - Chair Boroughbridge Geoff Craggs Businessman and historian Boroughbridge Tessa Goldsmith Education Officer – Fountains Fountains Abbey Alexa Morton Marketing – Fountains Fountains Abbey Natalie McCaul Curator of Archaeology York Museum Nial Adams East Riding Museums Beverley/Wolds Graham Ward Wolds LAG Wetwang Jo Huntley Artist + historian Wetwang Alex ? Artist Wetwang Kay West Former Mayor Pocklington Hilary Angle Artist – East Riding Artists Pocklington Sue Douthwaite Women’s Institute Pocklington Jo Green History Society and Gateway Pocklington Martin Cooper Mayor Pocklington Phil Gilbank Historian Pocklington Grahame Hicks Gateway – Chair Pocklington Paul Moon Photographer Pocklington John Brown Gateway and LAG Pocklington Helen Jackson Bridlington Rennaissance Bridlington Jim Coleman Farmer Burton Fleming (Wolds) Jane Coleman Farmer Burton Fleming (Wolds) Steve Race RSPB…HLF Bempton Barbara Mavis Bridlington Priory Bridlington Anthony Halford Bridlington Priory (email) Bridlington Bridlington Town Improvement Forum (8) Bridlington Maureen Bell TIF Bridlington Steven Carvill Artist Bridlington Martin Burnhill Seafront manager Bridlington Liz Philpot Bridlington Rennaissance Bridlington Richard Burton Town Councillor and ACE Bridlington Denise Cowling Bridlington Rennaissance Bridlington Nigel Atkinson Bridlington Rennaissance Bridlington Methodology and Activity Meeting People - Researching the Route Through Discussion 2 I invited the people I met to speak some lines connected with ‘roses’ and ‘routes’ (illustrated below) into a voice recorder. I have more than 50 recordings as a record of my journey. I hope to make a work from these recordings as part of the overall project. Methodology and Activity Research Conclusions Everything in this document is part and parcel of an artistic process, as such some of the ‘research conclusions’ are best presented in the form of the artwork proposals contained in section