while in belper parks on tuesday, our regional catalyst from the eden project opened my thinking to placemaking.
as we stood and looked at one edge of the area we’ll use for the art walk i could see her excitement.
today i’ve done a little tentative research into placemaking to see what further i can learn. a handy starting point is http://www.pps.org/reference/what_is_placemaking/
and i know some curators might suggest not getting too hung up on definitions. if what i do is placemaking then i’ll need to establish my version of the term. for a start all that i make is temporary and abstract. quite the antithesis of the formal version. i like anthithesis so this is good.
i looked on a – n to see what i might find. not a great deal however it did lead me to http://www.glittermouse.co.uk/placemaking-workshops.html the website of annabeth orton. i looked with interest through her placemaking workshop evidence.
i think the pps.org page needs further reading and some consideration of how it transfers into a temporary installation. i have seen what i do as an awaking or revisualising of an invisible place for some time.
it’s all helpful critical underpinning at a time when i’m putting the callout together for the art walk. my hope is we get some interesting proposals and the weekend is fun and enjoyable.
