2012–16 - Oslo Harbour, Slow Space (permanent)
Situations are producing the public art programme for Bjørvika, Oslo Harbour from 2012-16. Our curatorial vision for the newly redeveloped harbour area is inspired by the principles of slowness as advocated through the Slow movement and ... read on →
2012 - Missorts (permanent)
MISSORTS is a permanent public artwork for Bristol. An urban soundwork delivered directly to your smartphone as a mobile app, Missorts combines ten location-triggered stories by ten writers set to a newly composed soundtrack. ... read on →
2012 - Nowhereisland (temporary)
In summer 2012, Nowhereisland a large-scale island originating from the Arctic journeyed around the south west region of England, stopping at ports and harbours as a visiting ‘island nation’. Over 23,000 people from 135 countries ... read on →
2013 - Anna Barriball, Snowflakes (permanent)
Artist Anna Barriball is working with Situations to develop a new public artwork for Oasis Academy John Williams, a newly built school in south Bristol. More information will be available over the coming months. read on →
2010 - Hew Locke, Ruined (permanent)
Ruined is a permanent public artwork by Hew Locke sited in an 18th century cemetery garden. The work consists of a series of cast iron grave markers, which have been fabricated using the artist’s original ... read on →
2010 - Wonders of Weston (permanent)
Wonders of Weston is a programme of permanently-sited artworks, part of the national Sea Change initiative (2008-2010), which aimed to support the revitalisation of British seaside towns. The programme was launched on 29 October 2010 and ... read on →
2010 - Tim Etchells, Winter Piece (permanent)
Tim Etchells is fascinated by the ways in which language is constructed: how any text – from a few words to a seemingly endless story – follows rules and invokes associations. read on →
2010 - Tim Etchells, Shelter Piece (permanent)
In a shelter which faces the uninterrupted view of Weston Bay, you can find a series of short text fragments etched into the glass windows. read on →
2010 - Lara Favaretto, Without Earth Under Foot (permanent)
Whether firing confetti from a canon over an unsuspecting audience, suspending a Romany caravan in mid-air, or programming a small platoon of air compressors to blow party whistles, Lara Favaretto produces works that have a ... read on →
2010 - Tania Kovats, Holm (permanent)
From Madeira Cove, you can see Steep Holm island, a remote nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Bristol Channel. It is this island which was the inspiration for HOLM, a sculpture cast ... read on →
2010 - Wrights & Sites, Everything You Need To Build A Town Is Here (permanent)
Everything You Need to Build a Town is Here was conceived after several months of reconnaissance walking around Weston-super-Mare. Wrights & Sites have developed a constellation of 41 signs that each engage with their immediate vicinity ... read on →
2010 - Ruth Claxton, And My Eyes Danced (temporary)
In her gallery-based artworks, Claxton creates clusters of coloured and mirrored surfaces encased in circular hoops which the audience may walk amongst. Repeated, framed glimpses of the viewer and reflections of the surrounding architecture create ... read on →
2010 - Raumlaborberlin, Silly Scope, Funny Foot Age And Spam! (temporary)
In Silly Scope, Raumlaborberlin explore the British humour which is so closely identified with seaside towns. Silly Scope is a temporary structure combining some of the features of a pavilion, a kaleidoscope and a hall ... read on →
2009 - Jeppe Hein, Follow Me (permanent)
Jeppe Hein's Follow Me was commissioned for the University of Bristol as part of the University's centenary celebrations. The work is a mirrored labyrinth permanently sited in the University of Bristol's Royal Fort Gardens and ... read on →
2009 - Heather and Ivan Morison, The Black Cloud (temporary)
The Black Cloud has risen again outside David Chipperfield's stunning new gallery for Wakefield. The Black Cloud has been repositioned and modified in response to the architectural and industrial backdrop of The Hepworth Wakefield. ... read on →
2008-9 - One Day Sculpture (temporary)
One Day Sculpture was an award-winning cumulative series of 20 public artworks from August 2008 to June 2009. New Zealand's first nationwide series of temporary, place-based public artworks, One Day Sculpture involved New Zealand-based and international artists ... read on →
2009 - Michael Parekowhai, Yes We Are (temporary)
Michael Parekowhai transported a 4.6 metre-high neon sign that spells out the word ‘OPEN’ around the city, mounted on the back of a truck, bringing his unique blend of wit and seductive sculptural object-making. read on →
2009 - Superflex, Today we don’t use the word Dollars (temporary)
A contract was established between the artists and the bank that requires any staff member to pay one dollar to their staff social fund if she or he uses the word “dollar”. read on →
2009 - Rirkrit Tiravanija, Untitled (Pay Attention) (temporary)
Tiravanija's project involved the mailing of an announcement card to Auckland commissioner Artspace's mailing list. The postcard drew attention to the traffic beacons which stand either side of pedestrian crossings in New Zealand cities – ... read on →
2009 - James Luna, Urban (Almost) Rituals (temporary)
James Luna’s performance/installation explored native survival in urban settings. Luna was particularly keen to connect with Maori communities, for them to see, experience and give some insight into the cultural context within which he works. read on →
2009 - Bik Van Der Pol, 1440 Minutes towards the development of a site (temporary)
Bik Van der Pol’s 1440 minutes towards the development of a site examines issues of free speech in relation to the government policies that have determined its democratic society. read on →
2009 - Billy Apple, Less is Moore (temporary)
Apple’s One Day Structure physically comprised a billboard placed next to Henry Moore’s Organic Form No.1 in the Botanic Gardens. It requested the removal of the layers of wax and lacquer that have been applied ... read on →
2009 - Roman Ondák, Camouflaged Building (temporary)
Roman Ondák installed ten piles of sawdust at particular intervals around the foot of the Old Government Building. read on →
2009 - Javier Tellez, Intermission (temporary)
Intermission featured a live lion prowling the stalls of a 1920s movie theatre during a continuous screening of MGM’s infamous opening credits. read on →
2009 - Paola Pivi, I wish I am Fish (temporary)
Eighty-four fish flew by plane over the Tasman Sea, each travelling in a glass bowl on their own seat. Following a three hour flight, the plane touched down at Auckland International Airport to be greeted ... read on →
2009 - Thomas Hirschhorn, Poor-Racer (temporary)
Hirschhorn dramatically customised a standard sedan with a variety of cheap materials and placed it on The Esplanade that runs adjacent to the Christchurch beaches of Sumner and Scarborough. Hirschhorn’s remarkable sculpture existed for just ... read on →
2009 - Bekah Carran, I Remember Golden Light (temporary)
For just 24 hours, an intriguing collection of found images were displayed in a make-shift annexe outside the National Library building in Wellington. Visitors were granted exclusive access to an intriguing archival room which held ... read on →
2009 - Lara Almarcegui, Relocated Houses (temporary)
On the outskirts of Wellington there is a strange street of houses. The domestic buildings sit side by side unoccupied and unfurnished, some in a state of disrepair, others relatively pristine. These houses were never ... read on →
2009 - Bedwyr Williams, Le ‘Welsh’ Man’s 24 Hour (temporary)
Feeling that every one of the 24 hours should count, Williams attempted to complete 24 paintings in 24 hours travelling from location to location in a used station wagon. Bringing together motor-sports and art, his ... read on →
2008 - Douglas Bagnall, Adam Hyde, Zoe Walker, and Neil Bromwich, Intertidal (temporary)
Intertidal was a collaborative project by New Zealand artists Douglas Bagnall and Adam Hyde, and UK artists Walker & Bromwich. The artists presented a site-specific response to Kamau Taurua / Quarantine Island. read on →
2008 - Heather & Ivan Morison, Journée des Barricades (temporary)
A monumental installation was formed from a colossal mass of inorganic rubbish borrowed from local recyclers and the dump: abandoned vehicles, tyres, compacted plastic, household appliances, bicycles, supermarket trolleys and – on closer inspection – ... read on →
2008 - Liz Allan, Came a Hot Sundae: a Ronald Hugh Morrieson Festival (temporary)
Liz Allan commemorated the life and literary works of one of South Taranaki's most colourful characters - Ronald Hugh Morrieson. Morrieson was attributed with forging the genre of Taranaki Gothic, and his novels echo ... read on →
2008 - Amy Howden-Chapman, You Can’t Unring a Bell / The Flood, My Chanting (temporary)
A series of bells were temporarily installed through central Wellington, in a circuit curving from the waterfront though the central city and back to the sea. read on →
2008 - Kah Bee Chow, Golden Slumbers (temporary)
Haining Street was once regarded at the most notorious slum area in New Zealand, but today it bears little resemblance to its sensationalist past. In 1905, the street bore witness to the shooting of Joe ... read on →
2008 - Nick Austin and Kate Newby, Hold Still (temporary)
Fake seagulls, a folded newspaper and a telescope in an inner city park: from 9.00am to 9.00pm, in Western Park in central Auckland, Newby and Austin’s ‘Hold Still’ demonstrated a lightness and rigor that local ... read on →
2008 - Maddie Leach, Perigee #11 (temporary)
On 28th August 2008, a storm was predicted over the city of Wellington. Using a long-range weather forecasting system, Maddie Leach pinpointed a winter’s day in which downpours, hail, wind and rain were expected to ... read on →
2006 - Heather and Ivan Morison, British Art Show 6 (temporary)
On Friday 14 July 2006, a jack-knifed lorry shed its load of 25,000 flowers across Bristol City Centre. At 6pm, passers-by began to take the flowers and by 7pm the installation was entirely dispersed across ... read on →
2005 - Thinking of the Outside (temporary)
Thinking of the Outside: New art and the city of Bristol was an exhibition of newly commissioned artworks presented in unusual sites across Bristol's historic city centre over six weeks in 2005. Artists included Nathan Coley, Phil Collins, ... read on →
2005 - João Penalva, The White Nightingale (temporary)
Penalva transformed the former market hall into a cinema in which to show his spell-binding new film. read on →
2005 - Susan Hiller, Psychic Archaeology (temporary)
This hallucinatory moving-image installation investigated the superstitions that surround ethnic and religious stereotypes. read on →
2005 - Kathleen Herbert, Grande Spagna (temporary)
This video installation presented a series of details recorded on a three-day voyage by the artist from Antwerp to Bristol, aboard a cargo ship. read on →
2005 - Silke Otto-Knapp, Golden Garden (temporary)
The jewel-like quality of Silke Otto Knapp’s watercolour paintings distinctly contrasted the faded grandeur of Custom House. read on →
2005 - Phil Collins, the louder you scream, the faster we go (temporary)
the louder you scream, the faster we go established a video production company in Bristol to create pop-promos for local unsigned acts. read on →
2005 - Nathan Coley, Iceman (temporary)
In a disused churchyard, normally closed off to the public, Nathan Coley built a sculpture exploring how cultural views and ideas differ with the passage of time and between locations. read on →
