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https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/109186/6-times-right-6-times

“ 6 TIMES comprises six life-size figures, positioned between the grounds of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the sea at Leith Docks, Edinburgh. Typical of Gormley’s oeuvre, the figures are casts of the artist’s body. Each looks in a slightly different way, which is referenced to in the subtitles: Horizon, Ground, Left, Right and Sky. The work is quiet and contemplative, drawing attention to the natural and man-made environment of the Water of Leith, which runs through the heart of Edinburgh. Gormley encourages the viewer to consider how human beings fit into the social and natural landscapes they inhabit, how they understand identity and how they engage with one another.”

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Who commissions site specific art?

An arts organisation or institution

An independent curator or commissioner

A private developer or local authority

Types of commission 

Producing a finished object or artwork

Producing a community project

Producing an event or activity

Producing an exhibition of new work

Further development of an evolving project or process

Research and development

A collaborative process within an institution/organisation

https://www.artquest.org.uk/how-to-articles/types-of-commission/ 

Questions an Artist should consider about the commissioner:

What is the commissioner’s background and ethos? Look at other projects they have supported and how your work would fit into their portfolio.

Identify commissioning process – how does it fit with your approach? Is commissioner flexible and open to experimentation, to an evolving and collaborative approach, or are they very structured?

Be selective, keep vision and integrity of artwork, but also be open to new possibilities to gain experience

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ROUKEN GLEN PARK

a more natural setting for the bubbles 

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Robert Smithson’s “Partially Buried Woodshed” (1970), on the campus of Kent State University in 1983.Credit...

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Different bubbles in different places 

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As I live far from town and because were not in college and I haven't found myself there so I have been rethinking Buchanan street as my installation spot and instead, have my bubble in other places people meet, shops, parks etc, i think this will still work as the 2m distance still applies. 

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Jason Rhoades

1965

Jason Rhoades (1965 – 2006) is known for monumental, room-filling installations. These idiosyncratic sculptures incorporate a wide range of objects including products of mass culture combined with hand-made items and biographical references. Drawing on the history of assemblage, Rhoades imbues his materials with powerful formal, narrative and allegorical links, encouraging viewers to connect and interpret the associative chains.

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Along with the colleges health and safety I thought I should also look up my councils as glasgow city is where my installation would take place

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Health and safety for the college

I thought it would be good to include as part of my idea was to install in the college itself

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My bubble in the college

as mentioned my original plan was to display my work in the college because of the restrictions in place, so I thought it would be a good idea to give it a go and to be honest I really love it. Next I'm going to put my bubble in the space I have planned Buchanan street and I also may take more images of streets and parks so there's more of a variety in the work

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Collecting plastic to reuse for the project as i feel buying new materials isnt great for the environment and i would like to be conscious about that throughout my exploration

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“The term public art refers to art that is in the public realm, regardless of whether it is situated on public or private property or whether it has been purchased with public or private money

Usually, but not always, public art is commissioned specifically for the site in which it is situated. Monuments, memorials, and civic statues and sculptures are the most established forms of public art, but public art can also be transitory, in the form of performances, dance, theatre, poetry, graffiti, posters and installations.

Public art can often be used as a political tool, like the propaganda posters and statues of the Soviet Union or the murals painted by the Ulster Unionists in Northern Ireland. Public art can also be a form of civic protest, as in the graffiti sprayed on the side of the New York subway in the 1980s.”

Cai Guo-Qiang

Mr Ye Who Loves Dragon

2003

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Thinking about how an artist actually goes about getting permission to display and create art publicly. 

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Updated project proposal***

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Bubbles taken from patterns

I really like how much you can see the paint texture from the print process in the digital works. I want to explore this a bit more, possibly with more media? Different sorts of plastics/bubbles. 

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Bubblewrap scanned and digitally developed