Get ready to be bringing an IDEA to life From paper TO PASTURE “Worth Valley Young Farmers Club had the idea of INSPIRED community creating land art – by using our understanding of grasses and growing, with the hillside landscapes already at CREATIVE our disposal. The news of the Grand Départ coming to FIELDS OF VISION is an inspirational land art programme “The programme is led by Pennine Prospects, Yorkshire and the Yorkshire Festival 2014 leading up to it, animating the route of the YORKSHIRE GRAND DÉPART the rural regeneration company for the South gave us the chance to bring the idea to life. across the stunning South Pennines landscape. Pennines, who commissioned Geoff Wood of When the project grew to cover the Working pArts to curate the programme and whole of the South Artists have interpreted the DISTINCTIVE FEATURES commission the artists. Pennines, it was ideal of the South Pennine uplands to portray the The designs have been interpreted by Yorkshire for us because the Young Farmers while local community group Worth Farm Friendly by James Ingham. shape of the adjoining interactions between LANDSCAPE AND COMMUNITY the Tour have recorded and communicated the project. valleys – Aire Valley, Fields of Vision brings together those who work the Worth Valley and using the unifying THEME OF WATER with its land, the creative community, as well as local people, Calder Valley lend to sew and weave original designs into the stunning themselves to influence on life and land. South Pennines landscape. The installations are designed fantastic vantage to grow and flourish during the Yorkshire Festival to really points to view art against the wider landscape. put the South Pennines on the map during the Tour de The artworks, adorning the Stage 2 route of the Big Bad Wolf by Poppy Batch. Young farmers from just ten years old have helped to France and beyond.” prepare the fields and transfer the artists’ work from paper Grand Départ, vary from HUGE DRAWINGS made PAM WarhUrsT to pasture. We were also really pleased to be able to include CBE, Chair of Pennine Prospects the work of budding young talents like James and Poppy – from different colours of grass, toBEAUTI FUL Be winners of Keelham Farm Shop Community Competition.” PART OF IT ANDREW WOOD IMAGERY created by techniques like collage, pitch “Yorkshire Festival 2014 is celebrating the county’s Project Manager and Club Leader of Worth Valley Young Farmers Club talented artists, beautiful landscapes and diverse marking, and cutting, to transfer them onto the Image left to right: Artistic Director Geoff Wood of Working pArts, communities as we prepare to welcome the world for Project Manager Andrew Wood, Nathan Greenwood and Joe Holmes of Worth Valley of the fields and sloped the Grand Départ. Fields of Vision perfectly captures YFC, artist Razwan Ul Haq and Dave Johnson Chairman of Worth Valley YFC. LIVING CANVASSES the vision of the festival bringing together artists, terrain of reservoir banks. cyclists, farmers and landowners and local authorities to create huge, transformational art for everyone to discover - and all free to access.” “Whether you visit all of the sites or just a few, HENRIETTA DUCKWORTH you will experience HUGE ARTWORKS created by Yorkshire Festival 2014 “We feel PRIVILEDGED There are hundreds of events and resources to a host of people who have put in their ENERGY, explore at www.yorkshirefestival.co.uk. The works are by Come and #bepartofit to showcase Yorkshire, SKILL AND ENTHUSIASM. commissioned artists chosen for their TALENT its stuNNING SCENERY, and for the DIVERSITY of their methods and styles - some renowned and some just starting and our creative and out as independent artists – but all possessing collaborative people.” a strong affinity withYorkshire.” LIZ BARKER Worth the Tour This image: Trudi Entwistle. Front cover: Ripples at Lower Laithe Reservoir. One Man and His Dog by Simon Manfield. MINIFields of Vision Imran Qureshi “I have translated an 80cm square two dimensional Educational Resource PRINT onto the SURFACE of a 10 ACRE FIELD. Departures’ learning resources have been devised A spectacular by Cape UK to spark ideas for learning activities for a range of age groups. The Fields of Vision resource Swoop by Jane Revitt. The appearance is affected by changes inPERSPECTI VE, presents a wide range of activities stimulated by three of the land art installations. It also provides broader VIEWPOINT, LIGHT and WEAther.” guidance for schools interested in getting ‘hands on’ JO GORNER artist, Pecket Well site near Hebden Bridge with Land Art. To download for free go to BACKDROP www.yorkshirefestival.co.uk/learning-resources Community creations Ravens by Steve Massam. “As one of the biggest landowners in Yorkshire we These miniature Fields of Vision have been designed are proud to be supporting Yorkshire Festival 2014. and brought to life by schools and other community In particular, Fields of Vision, which is using some groups across the South Pennines - reflecting the of our reservoir embankments as a spectacular ethos of public participation in Yorkshire Festival 2014 #beapartofit. Each unique artwork has been created “The triumph of Fields of Vision is not just the backdrop for these amazing artworks. by sowing different coloured grasses into patterns dramatic images, but also the collaborative effort We are so lucky that our reservoir catchments are situated in using seeds specially bred for rapid growth – in just the that has made it possible. We really hope you enjoy some of the most stunning countryside in the UK and we are way you might mark out a sports pitch or golf course. the artworks and the extraordinary landscape that delighted that Fields of Vision gives us the chance to share it with A starter kit of tray, soil and contrasting coloured surrounds them.” the community and the many visitors who come to the area.” seeds was provided by Worth Valley Young Farmers Club then the community’s artists provided the GEOFF WOOD RICHARD SEARS sunshine, water and inspiration. Creative Director, Fields of Vision Manager of Media and Stakeholder Relations, Yorkshire Water 8. OXENHOPE Fields of Vision The Leap 1 by Louise Lockhart A59 Bradford This depiction of a woman dancing, leaping in liberation across the Manchester landscape – symbolises the emancipation of women by the bike in A65 the Victorian Era. The invention of the bicycle coincided with the emergence of the suffragette movement and a shifting in perception A59 Skipton of women’s equality. Allowing women to travel unchaperoned and Living art in the FIELDS OF VISION KeY A629 requiring more practical clothing, it gave them a new freedom, Addingham LANDSCAPE paving the way for today’s more equal society. View at Waggon & Horses Inn BD22 9Qe (upper car park) GRAND DÉPART STAGE ONE Experience for yourself the GRAND DÉPART ROUTE ANIMATIONS seen from the air by millions of TOUR DE FRANCE fans across Saturday 5th July 2014 Ilkley 9. PecKET WELL the globe, Each site has an ideal VIEWING POINT where you can pause in safety to ENJOY THE WORKS and reflect on the GRAND DÉPART STAGE TWO Silsden London Sunday 6th July 2014 A65 ARTISTs’ VISION and the BREATHTAKING BACKDROP. Find your way to the viewpoints using the map below and the numerical Field: Trace 1 VIeWING POINt key to the artworks on each site. You can learn more about the individual artists and read their stories at each site. by Jo Gorner Developing imagery from her latest body of work ‘Trace’, Jo has used INDOOR EXHIBITION A660 printmaking techniques to create a minimalist landscape abstract, Otley 1. BLUBBERHOUses 4. WORtH VAlleY focusing on the field set against the panorama – with the highlighted MINI FIELDS OF VISION field brought to the fore. The artwork examines the physical A629 characteristics of the land – its gradient, topography, underground Poem for Gustave Courbet Finite Cycle of Time water and spring as well as the tracks made by the movement of MOTORWAYS A6068 by Razwan Ul-Haq livestock. View at A6033 Keighley Road layby near bus turning. Keighley and Edward Burrough RAIL ROUTES This artwork is the biggest piece of Arabic Calligraphy in Britain by Robert Montgomery 10. RIPPONDeN: BAItings ReSeRVOIR (if not Europe) juxtaposing a Middle Eastern flavour with traditional A650 Robert Montgomery brings a poetic voice to the Bronte Country imagery, blending traditional and contemporary Oakworth 2 Bingley programme, spelling out a salutary warning about the approaches. The Arabic Calligraphy is morphed in the shape of a Here and There 2014 & Bridging 2014 River Worth transient nature of victory, glory and even ‘hierarchy’. cyclist on a bike and spells out the Arabic word, al-Asr, meaning, by Imran Qureshi The Sue Belcher Centre The message applies equally to the viewers as well as to ‘The Time’. The proportions of the calligraphy are taken from a River Worth Fields of Vision hosts internationally celebrated artist Imran the wearers of the TDF polka dot jersey – the Kings of bicycle ridden by Bradley Wiggins - the first British winner of A650 Qureshi’s first public work in the UK.Here and There 2014 is created Stanbury the Mountains themselves. the Tour de France. Nearest postcode: BD21 5Qe, Haworth A658 D the three Acres Inn. this is also a Mini Fields of Vision display as a reflection of the reservoir water with two splashes moving in A Nearest postcode: BD23 6JN Lower Laithe opposite directions – one red, one blue, the colours of the Tricoleur. 4 Reservoir LIFAX RO Rd D Murgatroyd y A The 3 Wood HA From a distance the viewer will see liquid splashes of two different Acres Inn Bingle 5. STANBURY LIFAX RO Rd Murgatroyd y Oxenhope Lumb colours, but on closer inspection, you will notice the presence of Wood HA Bingle Beck A6033 foliage emerging from within.