Appendix One

Public Art Works completed since 2002

Communities Overview and Scrutiny Group, 29 March 2011

Appendix One of the Report of the Public Art Working Group

This appendix features artworks which have been commissioned since 2002 by the Borough of Poole’s Arts Development team, part of the Culture and Community Learning Service Unit. Only public artworks where the project is complete have been included here. All public art in Poole has been funded by external sources and a summary of the funding for the projects shown here is provided at the end of this appendix.

1. Simon Watkinson’s ‘Parallel Plotter’, Poole Quay

Installed in 2002 on Poole Visitors’ Quay as part of the Sea Defence scheme

/ Embedded in the Visitor’s Quay, the Parallel Plotter is a means of plotting a vessel’s course and would have been a key navigational aid historically. Its site on the Quay also reflects the railway line that used to run nearby. The Borough of Poole commissioned the artwork as part of the Quay enhancements. The sculpture was installed in 2002 and, funded by the Environment Agency: commission fee £10,000.
Image: Courtesy of Anne Reynolds.

2. Whirling Mandala– by Greg Johns

Installed 2006 at Tesco's Petrol Station, Waterloo Road BH17 7JX

/ This artwork was purchased from a sculpture park by Tesco for installation on the site and in settlement of their public art contribution of £15,000 for developing the supermarket on Waterloo Road. This was written into a Planning Condition for the site. The sculpture is not site specific and from the information available, it seems that the artist takes his inspiration for his work largely from the Australian landscape.
Photograph: by Nicky Whittenham

3. Peter Harwood’s Tattooed Sculpture, Cabot Lane

Installed in 2007 at the corner of Broadstone Way and Cabot Lane BH17 7AE

/ The brief for this sculptural screen was developed to help screen the car park of a number of retail units from the nearby road to the north of the site. It adds an interesting aspect to the corner and the artist worked with staff from the Local History Centre in Poole in order to inform his work. This collaboration resulted in the traditional sea fairing images tattooed on the screens, which are revealed as a car’s headlights sweeps across the artwork at night. The commission fee for this work was £15,000 as part of a Planning Condition in relation to the build of the retail units.
Photograph: by Nicky Whittenham

4. ‘Sailing By’ by Hamish Horsley

Installed in 2007 at Shapwick Road

/ Straddling the pedestrian and cycle path, this series of Purbeck stone sculptures echoes the form of the yachts’ sails and masts in the harbour beyond. The sculpture was commissioned by housing developers Taylor Woodrow, in response to a Planning Condition, for £75,000 and was unveiled by Poole’s Mayor in 2007. Photograph: by Nicky Whittenham

5. Johnny Woodford’s Wooden Play Sculptures

Installed between 2003 and present day at Poole Quarter BH15 1EN

/ A series of five wooden play sculptures have been commissioned by Crest Nicholson, developers of the Poole Quarter housing scheme, at a fee of £25,000 to meet a Planning Condition on the site. Three have already been completed and 2 have been removed for repairs.
Photograph: by Nicky Whittenham

6. ‘Lord Baden-Powell’ by David Annand

Installed in 2008 on Poole Visitors’ Quay BH15 1HJ

/ The Poole District Scouts Association, led by Brian Woolgar, raised £25,000 towards this bronze sculpture, which sits between two upturned logs. The Borough of Poole contributes a further £10,000 from a Section 106 Agreement Public Art contribution with Tesco Plc. Baden-Powell is represented, slightly larger than life-size, looking out across the Harbour to Brownsea Island, where the first ever Scout gathering took place. The sculpture was unveiled by Poole’s Mayor in 2008, a hundred years after the formal founding of the Scout Movement.
Image: Courtesy of Anne Reynolds.

7. ‘Ribs’ by David Annand

Installed in 2008 at Aqua Housing Development, Holes Bay Road BH15 1LS

/ This bronze figurative dancer echoes the tilt of the abstract steel ribs of a boat, which appears as if resting on the bed of the nearby harbour at low tide. The artwork was commissioned from David by Linden Homes for £50,000 as a Public Art contribution for the site, through a Section 106 Agreement. The Mayor unveiled the sculpture in 2008.
Photograph: by Nicky Whittenham

8. Andy Hazell’s Boomerang, Tower Park

Installed in 2008 on a pedestrian access path at Tower Park, Poole BH12 4NY

/ The artist took a playful approach to the design of this sculpture, which was selected from a number of possible designs put forward. The boomerang suggests the idea of ‘returning’ yet also provides an informal, directional ’arrow’ into the entertainments complex for people leaving the car park and looking for a way in. The artwork was produced by welding two sheets of steel together and then inserting air into the cavity, at a very high pressure. The commission fee was a £10,000 S106 developer contribution in relation to refurbishment work at Tower Park.
Image: Courtesy of Anne Reynolds.

9. ‘Model Living’ by Anna Heinrich and Leon Palmer

Installed in 2009 at Corfe House, Seldown Bridge BH15 1ED

/ Model Living is a lighting-artwork for each of the 2 entrance canopies of this student accommodation. These artworks were created as re-interpretations of the actual building and how the residents of Corfe House relate to it and the wider world from which they come and go out to. Each artwork illuminates inwards to its interior and outwards to the entrance canopy surrounding it. The scheme cost £30,000 and was part of a Planning Condition for the site.
Photograph: by Nicky Whittenham

10, Lighting Artwork by Jeremy Lord

Installed in 2009 at 288 House, Mannings Heath BH12 4FE

/ Jeremy Lord was commissioned by developer Stephen Allen, to create a lighting installation which enhanced the windows of the building’s second floor. Etched perspex sheets are hung in each window and uplit with LED lighting, which move slowly through a colour spectrum and illuminate the perspex and the surrounding window reveal. This commission was provided via a £30,000 developer contribution through a Section 106 Agreement and was installed and opened by the Mayor in 2009.
Image: Courtesy of Stephen Allen

11. Martin Donlin’s Architectural Glass

Installed in 2009 at Marshes End Fire Station BH17 7AG

/ As part of a joint commission with the Wimborne Road Emergency Services HQ, the PFI Partnership contributed £75,000 through a Section 106 Agreement and a Planning Condition. Martin’s work is resonant of fire but uses the colour of water to promote the message of fire safety. The artwork was completed and installed and the building occupied in 2009.
Image: Courtesy of Martin Donlin.

12. Martin Donlin’s Architectural Glass

Installed in 2009 at the Emergency Services HQ, Wimborne Rd BH15 2BP

/ As part of a joint commission for this building and the new Marshes End Fire Station, the PFI Partnership contributed £75,000 through a Section 106 Legal Agreement and a Planning Condition. Martin’s work depicts larger than life-size figures representing the people of Poole with detailed historic maps of Poole acid-etched on the inside of the glass. The artwork was installed and the building opened in 2009.
Photograph: by Nicky Whittenham

13. Simon Watkinson’s Chine, Penn Hill

Installed in 2009 as part of Transportation’s Capital Programmes road improvements scheme in this area of Poole.

/ This sculpture has blue lighting strips set within it which switch on automatically after at dusk. The plan view of the artwork represents the street plan of the local area, from the Penn Hill Avenue junction up North Lodge and Archway Road, and linked by Bournemouth Road. The sculpture is correctly oriented in its location and on the east to west trajectory, which represents the railway line, the artwork rises from the pavement level to form an elevated plinth of a metre high. The artist’s concept for the form of the artwork arose from his research into the chines of the area and the idea of information being carried downhill to settle on lower ground. The cost of design and installation for this was £25,000 which was funded from a Local Transport Plan Government Grant for road improvement works.
Photograph by Nicky Whittenham

14. Simon Watkinson’s Trading Posts, Old Orchard

Installed in 2009 as part of environmental enhancements of this area of Poole High Street BH15 1BT

/ The extended vertical bands, highlighted with blue light after dark, are derived from the original plot sizes of the houses and shops formerly on the site. There is a processional quality to this space beneath the trees, encouraging people to move through it. Old Orchard has always been a social space, and the provision of an informal performance area encourages this to continue. The artist’s design fee for this artwork was £15,000, which was funded from a S106 developer’s contribution related to the refurbishment of the adjacent Old Orchard housing development.
Photograph: by Nicky Whittenham

15. Cod Steaks Studio’s ‘Propellorhead Garden’, Branksome

Installed in 2009 at the John Lewis store, Branksome BH12 1DN

/ This sculpture was commissioned by Land Securities on behalf of the John Lewis Partnership, as part of a Planning Condition for the site. Cod Steaks were commissioned to produce a series of design options which went to public exhibition. As a result, the final design was selected. The sculpture is a reference to Poole’s flying boat history and was installed in 2009 and the commission fee was £57,500. Photograph: by Nicky Whittenham

16. Peter Moorhouse’s ‘Ebb and Flow’ – Hamworthy Library

Installed in March 2010 in the landscaped area to the front of the new building at Blandford Road, Poole, BH15 4BG

/ The Borough of Poole’s Library Services Unit commissioned this steel sculpture from Lottery funding awarded for construction of the building and its landscaping. The sculpture’s form echoes reflections on water in Poole Harbour forms the first of a two part commission (the second of which is installed inside the Library), which carries a fee of £15,000. Ebb and Flow has letters, which are anagrams of four well-known novels, etched into its base. The sculpture was installed in March 2010.
Image: Courtesy of Peter Moorhouse.

External Funding Breakdown for above Public Art

Planning / Section 106
Agreements / 6. Lord Baden Powell / £10,000
7. Ribs / £50,000
8. Boomerang / £10,000
10. 288 House Lighting / £30,000
11. Architectural Glass / £37,500
14. Trading Posts / £15,000
Planning Conditions / 2. Whirling Mandala / £15,000
3. Tattoed Sculpture / £15,000
4. Sailing By / £75,000
5. Play Sculpures / £25,000
9. Model Living / £30,000
12. Architectural Glass / £37,500
15. Propellorhead Garden / £57,500
Others / Local Scouts Association / 6. Lord Baden Powell / £25,000
Big Lottery Fund / 16. Ebb and Flow / £15,000
Environment Agency / 1. Parallel Plotter / £10,000
LTP / Capital Programmes / 13. Chine / £25,000
TOTAL / £482,500

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