Data Ritual (c) Juneau Projects
WERK and Centro are delighted to announce that Juneau Projects have been selected to create work for the Platform 3 open call. The public artwork will be situated along the new Metro Birmingham city centre tram line in autumn 2015.
Juneau Projects Commission for Platform 3 -
For the Platform 3 cabinets we will be creating a new artwork looking at the very early history of the Birmingham area, taking influence from the stone age, bronze age and Anglo-Saxon period. The work will be interactive – a series of images on the platform cabinets will trigger animations on a phone or tablet when viewed through an augmented reality app.
From earliest evidence of human activity in the stone age, through the bronze age and the Anglo Saxon era, objects were made by the people who inhabited the land that the city of Birmingham now occupies. We are interested in the human impulse to make things that improve our lives and surroundings, whether they are artworks or tools or a combination of both. The hand painted animations that appear via augmented reality on the platform cabinets will depict scenes of artefacts being made in the three time periods, from stone tools and bronze objects to Anglo-Saxon artefacts like those found in the Staffordshire Hoard.
We feel that the relationship between the very earliest goods and artefacts, made during these three time periods have a relationship with Birmingham's industrial heritage and celebrate the ingenuity and creativity of the region, both in the past and today.
Juneau Projects are Ben Sadler and Philip Duckworth. We have worked together since 2001and are based in Birmingham. Our work involves the use of a variety of media including painting, sculpture, music, animation and installation, often in collaborative and site specific ways. We have exhibited nationally and internationally with institutions such as PS1, New York; Eichigo-Tsumari Triennale, Japan; Tate Britain, London; and British Art Show 6.
For more information about the artists please visit http://www.juneauprojects.co.uk/
WERK and Centro would like to thank everyone for submitting proposals for Platform 3, it was a difficult decision for the panel and we hope to create more opportunities for artists in the future.
WERK shortlisted five artists for the panel below:
Geoff Inskip CEO, Centro
Paul Griffiths Director, Centro
James Aspinall Director, Centro
Stuart Evans Metro Project Director, Centro
Chris Haworth, Metro Project Manager
Andrew Wayro, Planning & Regeneration Birmingham City Council
Councillor Kath Hartley
Councillor Roger Horton
Susan Bridges Public Relations, Centro
WERK would like to thank Ross Whatmore (Zahoot) for being part of and supporting the shortlisting process, and we are looking forward to working with Zahoot Design & Print again! http://www.zahoot.co.uk/