Kate Wood, Activate - Landscapes for Life Conference 2016

Outdoor Art Events Production Course Day 1 Top Tips

Life Cycles & Landscapes

Harmonic Fields Pierre Sauvageot / Lieux Publics Portland, Inside Out Dorset 2012

Activate Performing Arts

Produce, promote and develops the performing arts in Dorset

We believe that artists can affect and provide positive change in our communities

The Remix inclusive performance company. Photo: Activate

Harmonic FieldsPierre Sauvageot, Inside Out Dorset 2012

Carabosse Fire Gardens, Inside Out Dorset in Bournemouth 2007 Photo: Roy Riley

The Rock Charmer, Paper Cinema & Kimmo Pjohnen, Inside Out Dorset 2010. Photo: Roy Riley

Dorset AONB Credit: English Heritage

The White Hare Sarah Butterworth, Inside Out Dorset 2014

Inside Out Dorset 2014 Documentary

Life Cycles & Landscapes Aims:To explore the incredible ancient 400 mile original super-highway - The Icknield Way* as an inspiration for an ambitious new large scale artistic work; professional development focused on the landscapeA strategic agreement between outdoor arts and AONBs nationallyThe artistic creation will comprise a number of interventions in the landscape with audiences, bringing together performative, visual, digital and live artists to an artistic experience that will include animating the landscape The project will have talent development at its heart for artists, producers and technicians and we will develop a strong cohort of diverse practitioners in outdoor arts in the South/East England with expertise in embedded landscape-led practice.

Life Cycles & LandscapesAmbition for Excellence, HLFPrimary Partners: ActivateAnd Now:Landscapes for Life the National Association of AONBsDorset, Cranborne Chase, North Wessex Downs, Chilterns and Norfolk Coast AONBsSecondary partners: Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Oerol Festival, Holland

Overview Timeline2016 2017: Research and development, creative labs and residencies

May September 2018: large public programme

2016/17June 2016Outcome of Ambition for Excellence funding bid

July 2016Landscapes for Life Conference 2016 Shropshire September 2016Inside Out Dorset 2016 And Now lab/residency & Partners Meeting 1 - Dorset

Winter 16/172 talent development labs/residencies before end March 2017

2017/18

Jan/Feb 2017And Now meetings on Terschelling with Oerol Festival

June 2017 Now Now development project residency leading into presenting at Oerol. Partners Meeting 2 - Holland

July 2017Landscapes for Life Conference 2017

Across the year:2 further week long lab/residencies & integrated And Now shadowing programmeNovember 2017Input into ISAN conference focus on outdoor landscape work

2018/19 - Major moment year

May 2018 Norfolk presentation with Norfolk & Norwich Festival

July 2018Landscapes for Life Conference 2018 possible input into 5 year management plans for April 2019 onwards

Summer 2018 2 further presentations in different AONBs along the Ickneild Way route between Norfolk and Dorset

September 2018Final presentation as part of Inside Out Dorset on the RidgewaySymposium industry focus event with partners in Dorset

Oct Dec 2018Reflection & Evaluation

And Now:

And Now: Shoal for SO Festival Photo: Nick Read

And Now: Shoal for SO Festival Photo: Nick Read

And Now: Fleeting for Brighton Festival Finale Photo: The Brighton Argus

And Now: Gold Frankinsence & Myrrh for Kew Gardens Photo: Mandy DikeAnd Now: Inspiral for Wilderness Festival Photo: Sian Williams

And Now: Barrow for Activate/Inside Out Dorset Photo: Tony Gill

And Now: Barrow for Activate/Inside Out Dorset Photo: Tony Gill

The AONB landscapes:

South Dorset Ridgeway

Outcomes:Increase number of artists/producers working in rural/landscape contexts - 40 artists/practitioners with national reach/impact.A significant artistic commission The Way - putting landscape/rural work on the map.Increased opportunities to present/commission outdoor arts in AONB landscapes.Integration of arts into AONB Partnership and Conservation Board strategic plans nationally.

Thank You

Kate WoodExecutive and Artistic Director Activate Performing Artswww.activateperformingarts.org.uk