Tender

Open Call - Observations on the Landscape

CANAL & RIVER TRUST

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Tender

26 Sep 2024 at 11:28

S2W Notice - Website Invitation to Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Canal & River Trust is initiating an open call titled "Observations on the Landscape," targeting the "Artistic and literary creation and interpretation services" industry category. This procurement process focuses on engaging creative professionals from culturally and ethnically diverse backgrounds to produce artworks re-contextualising the UNESCO World Heritage Site in North Wales. The primary work locations are Cefn Mawr and the Trevor Basin entrance/gateways. The tender is in the "Tender" stage with an application deadline on 4th October 2024, followed by an award period ending on 11th October 2024. The selected artists will have approximately four weeks to develop their works. The main event to display the artworks is scheduled for 23rd and 24th November 2024 in Liverpool Street, London.

This tender provides significant opportunities for creative professionals, particularly those from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds, to showcase their work and gain visibility. With an artist fee of £1,000 per artist plus travel expenses up to £200, this project encourages various artistic responses, including photography, fine art, poetry, and performance. Businesses in the creative industries, especially those with practices based in Wales, will find this tender highly suitable. The project is funded by the Shared Prosperity Fund through Wrexham Borough Council, ensuring robust support and recognition for the selected participants. Engaging with this tender can help businesses expand their portfolio, gain new clientele, and contribute to a prominent cultural project within a historic setting.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Open Call - Observations on the Landscape

Notice Description

The Bridge that Connects are looking to commission creative professionals from culturally and ethnically diverse backgrounds to respond to the sites across the UNESCO World Heritage Site and through this offer new perspectives to reframe the landscape for future communities. The artworks should aim to present an alternative interpretation of the World heritage site.From a place of small Welsh-speaking agricultural communities to a place of industry and land exploitation, to a place where people can appreciate nature.From booming industry to the joyful hustle and bustle of tourismWho can ApplyCreative professionals from culturally and ethnically diverse backgroundsThey are living and working in Wales or have a practice based in WalesSite LocationsCefn Mawr & Trevor Basin entrance/gatewaysYour work will be documented and displayed in a special screening at Broadworks in Liverpool Street, London in December 2024 or early 2025.Artist FeeThe artist fee is PS1,000 per artist. Expenses and remuneration for travel will also additionally be provided up to the value of PS200.We anticipate that the opportunity will support approximately 3 days work apportioned (pending whether what is proposed is the creation of a new response or an iteration of existing work, practice / idea) 0.5 desk based research, 0.5 day site visit if required and 2 days production.The curator will ensure all files are print-ready and installation will be delivered by the production team.How to apply:Phase 1:To apply for the open call please use the following form to submit your expression of interest. Artists will then be shortlisted and awarded the opportunity.LINK TO FORMhttps://shorturl.at/1EVVHPhase 2:The 2-3 artists will be appointed in October and have 4 weeks to develop their works.NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=144791. Open Call - Observations on the LandscapeThe Bridge that ConnectsWe are inviting submissions from creative professionals from culturally and ethnically diverse backgrounds to create billboard artwork(s) that re-contextualise the landscapes within the UNESCO World Heritage Site in North Wales. The billboards will be displayed as temporary artworks as part of a celebration event for World Heritage Site Art Project: The Bridge that Connects by the Canal & River Trust. The event taking place on the 23rd & 24th November 2024 will be an invitation to an alternative World Heritage Site experience, one that has been shaped, influenced and reimagined by the communities that live in Cefn Mawr, Trevor, Chirk, Froncysyllte. The Bridge that Connects project has been funded by the Shared Prosperity Fund through Wrexham Borough Council.Cefn Mawr, Trevor, Chirk, Froncysyllte and many other places within the UNESCO World Heritage Site visually, physically and economically echo the industrial heritage that this area was, and still is famous for. The topographical landscapes, architecture and networked canals that we now see today, once saw the development of industries such as coal mining, quarrying and ironworks that some say became the catalyst for the industrial revolution. The opening of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and the Ellesmere Canal in the early 19th century contributed to the transportation of many goods and materials. Fast track to the present day, tourism attracts 500,000 UK and international visitors a year to appreciate the romantic beauty and engineering feats.However, how many of these visitors have the opportunity to take a deeper look at rural Wrexham and the complex layers of lived histories that have shaped this land and its people? The Bridge that Connects is a community and culture-led placemaking project exploring the existing cultural landscape of this area, and how this place came to be? Working across four communities we aim to playfully, joyfully and seriously explore through what the future potential of the World Heritage Site status could hold for the communities that live there.George Arnald, 1826, Pontcysyllte AqueductThe World Heritage site always attracted visitors, from those in search of the 'picturesque' in the 18th Century to the present day.The project is focused on presenting and sharing hidden heritage, alternative and social histories through visibility in public and community spaces. In recognition of the systemic and lack of diversity of artworks in the public realm, we have invited curator and visual artist Chantelle Purcell to create opportunities for creative professionals from culturally and ethnically diverse backgrounds. Through the artworks we invite you to question; how do we better connect with these post industrial landscapes? How can language help to forge a better connection? What imprints are left within the everyday landscape? What do existing communities feel about the decommissioning of these trades and how do future multicultural communities connect to the hinterland of space surrounding the historic landmarks?(WA Ref:144791)

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-kuma6s-144791
Publication Source
Sell2Wales
Latest Notice
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=144791
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
S2W Notice - Website Invitation to Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

CPV Codes

92310000 - Artistic and literary creation and interpretation services

92311000 - Works of art

92312000 - Artistic services

92340000 - Dance and performance entertainment services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
26 Sep 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
4 Oct 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Not Specified
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
CANAL & RIVER TRUST
Contact Name
Natasha Borton
Contact Email
natasha.borton@canalrivertrust.org.uk
Contact Phone
+44 7938772092

Buyer Location

Locality
ELLESMERE PORT
Postcode
CH65 4FW
Post Town
Chester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD6 Cheshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD63 Cheshire West and Chester
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Electoral Ward
Westminster
Westminster Constituency
Ellesmere Port and Bromborough

Further Information

Notice Documents

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