{"id":4738,"date":"2012-09-26T12:52:22","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T12:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/?p=4738"},"modified":"2012-11-05T14:14:49","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T14:14:49","slug":"art-across-the-city-2012-launch-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/?p=4738","title":{"rendered":"Art Across The City 2012 Launch Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

Art Across The City<\/em> Launch Event:
\nNational Waterfront Museum, Swansea 6.30 – 8.30pm, 28th Sept 2012
\nOpened by Councillor David Phillips, \u00a0Leader of the City & County of Swansea<\/strong><\/p>\n

You and your guests are warmly invited to join us for refreshments at the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea, to celebrate the launch of Art Across The City<\/em> 2012…<\/p>\n

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Opened by Councillor David Phillips, the launch is the start of over six weeks of Art Across The City<\/em>.\u00a0Locws International<\/em> is pleased to announce five new temporary public art commissions for Art Across The City<\/em> 2012 by internationally recognised and emerging local artists. The five new artworks will be situated in highly visible locations, responding to Swansea\u2019s rich and diverse heritage, culture and population. They will be complemented by a series of permanent and ongoing works including Locws International\u2019s Art Across The High Street<\/em> programme.<\/p>\n

The Art Across the City<\/em> 2012 artists are:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Joanne Tatham & Tom O\u2019Sullivan<\/a><\/strong>
\n \u2022 David Blandy<\/a><\/strong>
\n \u2022 Fiona Curran<\/a><\/strong>
\n \u2022 David Marchant<\/a><\/strong>
\n \u2022 Jock Mooney<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Joanne Tatham & Tom O\u2019Sullivan\u2019s shelters on Museum Green are decorated with a rainbow pattern and a cartoon cut-out face; David Blandy has created The Devil meets Dylan Thomas, a videogame where you play as Swansea\u2019s literary hero; Fiona Curran uses two trees in the grounds of St Mary\u2019s Church as the foundation for a colourful accident; David Marchant\u2019s Cowin\u2019 Lush neon were created using the drunken scrawls of revellers on Swansea\u2019s infamous Wind St; Jock Mooney\u2019s graphic drawings of Bonnie Tyler, Swansea Jack, ice creams and The Swansea Devil are turned into the Swansea Kebab, situated in Castle Gardens.<\/p>\n

For our launch event, David Blandy’s The Devil Meets Dylan Thomas will be available to play in our unique information hub situated in the Museum courtyard, before being relocated to Oxford St, Swansea. Visitors to the launch event will be able to draw their own self portrait on David Marchant’s blackboards, which were the original inspiration for his neon work on Swansea’s notorious Wind Street. A short film documenting the Wind Street drawing workshop will also be on display along with films showing the installation of all works.<\/p>\n

A display of limited edition prints<\/a> from each of the artists will be available to buy or reserve on the evening.<\/p>\n

The artists will be available for photographs and interview on the evening or by arrangement. Please contact gordon@locwsinternational<\/strong><\/p>\n

Their will be representatives and information available from our funders and sponsors including Arts Council of Wales; City & County of Swansea; Swansea City Centre; Dulux Decorator Centres, www.a-n.co.uk, Siriol Fine Art Printers; Marneon Signs Ltd.<\/p>\n

For directions and a map of the artworks across Swansea, please download our brochure<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Art Across The City<\/em>\u00a0signage will be available across Swansea.<\/p>\n

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Further info<\/strong><\/p>\n

The new commissions are complemented by two further works commissioned earlier in 2012 by the artists Sean Puleston and Rik Bennett as part of Locws International\u2019s Art Across The High Street programme of ongoing commissions. Five permanent Locws International commissions from artists further support the 2012 programme. These include Bristow Lloyd, Mark Folds, Bermingham & Robinson and Niamh McCann and Bedwyr Williams, who will represent Wales at the Venice Biennale in 2013.<\/p>\n

Locws International\u2019s newly appointed Project Manager, Gordon Dalton, said \u2018I\u2019m extremely excited to see the works across Swansea. The new works, alongside the existing projects, will have a bold impact, creating a visually dynamic and intriguing map across the City Centre, responding to the people, history and stories of Swansea.\u2019<\/p>\n

There will be a Information Hubs on Oxford Street, Swansea alongside a full educational programme including Locws Schools.<\/p>\n

For further information please call Locws International on: 01792 468979<\/strong> or email: gordon@locwsinternational.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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