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Successful Regeneration Needs Artistic ImaginationToo much development today lacks imagination and needs the creative, lateral thinking of artists, according to a new report from CABE and Arts & Business.
Artists & Places explores how involving artists in regeneration projects can improve their quality.
The report draws on the lessons of PROJECT, a two-year initiative to transform the role of artists in placemaking.
PROJECT saw artists directly involved in schemes from West Lothian to Hackney and Artists & Places features six case studies demonstrating the contribution which artists can make.
Artists bring an innate curiosity to the project and investigate aspects of the local environment that the design team may not be engaging with.
This can help identify what is truly authentic about a place, and help market it in a distinctive way.
At Warwick Bar in Birmingham, sound artists Liminal organised a 'sound walk' to 'listen' to the landscape around the regeneration site.
Mike Finkell of ISIS Waterside Regeneration said Liminal's involvement had a fundamental impact on the company, and helped them exploit the potential of arts and culture to add value to their projects.
But Artists & Places is also a frank appraisal which shows the barriers to creative influence, whether that is being involved too late in the process or regulations hindering creative solutions.
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