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Open City

Open City was an artists led initiative started in Bristol around 1994 and ran until 1997, work was produced by a number of artists, who took  the Cit as a starting  point for their work.
'14 Bus Stops to Clevedon'
In the first Open City event, in 1995,  I worked with photographer Paul Allen to produce a series of photographs of all the bus stops from where I lived in Clevedon to my work in Bristol. The photographs were taken an an Russian panoramic camera, enlarged to 1.5m and displayed at the last bus stop on my route.
'Twin Peeks'
For the 1996 event I organised a photographic competition for people to photograph something about the place they lived, the 2 winning photographs where displayed on a billboard in bristol.
'New Urban Camouflage'
1997's project involved working with a group of homeless people in Bristol and developing a camouflage pattern, which was then printed onto emergency blankets. The idea for the blankets was to allow the wearer to disappear into the background of the City for safety but also it was at a time when the Government was cracking down on what they called aggressive beggars and trying to make the homeless disappear.
 

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  • Home page
  • Art with Others
    • A Communal Loaf >
      • Together Through Bread
      • FESTA 2018 at The Hub
    • See It, Hear It, Touch It, Taste It, Smell It, Map It
    • Breadmakers of Porirua, Unite!
    • Gimme Shelter
    • Otari School
    • Lets Play City
    • Gordon Street Project
    • Pimp My School
    • Farmlife
    • Sugarcube
    • Knowle West Media Project
    • Devon Artists in Schools Initiative - DAISI
    • Weston Education Action Zone
    • Workshops >
      • Vincents Tuesday Workshops
      • Te Whare o Matairangi
      • Newtown Community Centre
      • Te Aro School
  • Art On my Own
    • Return of the Insects
    • Opposite Footers >
      • Camera Obscures
    • You Say Hola, I Say Hello
    • A Place To Call Home 2015/16
    • Splore Festival 2015
    • Viewpoint
    • Open City
    • Paintings
    • Collage
    • Prints and Drawings
  • Other Stuff
    • Zines
    • Sound
    • Maps
    • Tectonic Plates
    • Test Stuff
  • Contact
  • CV