Celebrating the Aerospace Industry

Brief: A feasibility study into the commissioning, development and installation of a major
piece of contemporary art celebrating the aerospace industry in the North West of England.
 Creative Potential & Previous Work

Ian Banks, Director Atoll Ltd

'Using examples of previous work you have been involved in, illustrate the creative
potential you can see for this Aerospace project'
 Expectation & Context

Ken Hudson, leader of Preston Council, said the statue could help put Preston on the map like
the Angel of the North, an iconic 66ft-tall artwork close to the A1, did for Gateshead.
 ACE NW: 2000 - 2004
Public Art & Architecture Officer

Key Experience: Created public art retrospective year book and web public art northwest
and public art fiunding guidelines with ACE NW for NWDA in 2002
www.publicartnorthwest.org.uk
 ACE NW: 2000 - 2004
Public Art & Architecture Officer

Key Experience: Public Art & Architecture Officer for ACE NW. Responsibilities included
assisting Mid Pennine Arts, NWDA and RIBA Competitions in the initiation of the Panopticons
programme. This included proposing with the branding name Panopticons, detailed design review
analysis of Singing Ringing Tree, and soliciting key funding.
www.panopticons.uk.net
 Ian Banks RIBA: 1986 - 2010
Architecture

Key Experience: Chartered Architect with 24 years post-qualification experience –

including a diverse portfolio of desgining and project managing major capital projects and
public art and architecture collaborations.
www.atoll-uk.com
 Symbolic & Iconic

Fiona Banner’s Tate Britain Harrier & Jaguar; the Spitfire Tribute Foundation Monument
Proposal; and CityBrands concept for the BAE-inspired monument
 Atoll: 2005-10
North West Public Art Strategies

                                                  

Key Experience: Author in last 5 years of regional public realm strategies for Weaver Valley
Regional Park and Cheshire East and Chester & Cheshire West Unitaries; and urban
public art strategies including Preston, Lancaster and Carlisle City Councils and St. Helens,
Halton and Burnley Borough Councils.

www.atoll-uk.com
 Atoll: 2007-10
Public Art Curator & Commissioning

                                                  

Key Experience: More specifically, developed 2007 Public Art at the Waterfront Strategy for
Widnes Waterfront EDZ and Halton Borough Council, resulting in the commissioning of Tonkin
Liu’s £150k Future Flower with wind-generated and interactive LED lighting in 2010.

www.widneswaterfront.co.uk
Cultural Impact & Added Value

Red Bull Has Wings…..Flugtag Birdman Festivals

 Beam: 2005 - 2010
Icons of the North Visioning

                                                  

Key Experience: In 2006 wrote the £4.5 million funding plan and commissioning strategy for
the Northern Way’s Icons of the North public art strategy for Beam and Arts Council
England.

www.thenorthernway.co.uk
 Atoll: 2008
Regional Park Support

                                                  

Key Experience: 2008 Expert Group member for the Morecambe Bay & Duddon Regional
Park, as organised by Mersey Basin Campaign’s Regional Parks Xchange.

http://rpx.org.uk
 Celebration & Festival

Blackpool 'Flying Week' was held at Squires Gate in October 1909, the world's second
international aviation meeting after that held at Rheims in August. In July/August 1910,
the Blackpool 'Flying Carnival' met with even greater success.
 Atoll: 2005
Cultural Tourism Visioning

                                                  

Key Experience: In 2005 collaborated with artist Michael Trainor on the design and
feasibility for Eye Con - working with Taylor Young to develop concepts for a relocatable light
and projection pod; a Festival of Moving Image for St Helens BC

www.lookingforhelen.net
 Atoll: 2005
Capital Funding Applications

                                                  

Key Experience: In 2005 prepared the Big Lottery Fund bid for the Green Light Project as part
of Blackpool Festival of Light.

www.blackpool-illuminations.net
 Local History & Regional Gateway

Manchester’s Alliott Verdon Roe, was the first British person to fly an all-British aeroplane,
powered by a British engine, over British soil (Avro Triplane 1909).
 Atoll: 2008-09
Community Gateway Strategy

                                                  

Key Experience: Created ‘Cyclorama’ orbit of city community gateways, with project / site
feasibilities and precedent studies as part of the 2008 public art strategy and gateway
strategy for Preston City Council.

www.gillespies.co.uk
 Atoll: 2009
UNESCO Arts-Interpretation

                                                  

Key Experience: Developed in 2009 the ‘Universala’ public art interpretation strategy for
Wearmouth-Jarrow UNESCO bid to celebrate St Bede and develop connected dual media
and light installations between St Peter’s church, Wearmouth and St Paul’s church in Jarrow.
Solicited Lead Artists are Nayan Kulkarni, Jason Bruges, Amenity Space and Jo Fairfax.

www.wearmouth-jarrow.org.uk
 Engagement & Place-making

Teenagers from Lancashire competing in the 2010 Aircelle Make It in Aerospace challenge
had to adapt a modern passenger jet to accommodate the whims and fancies of a celebrity
 Atoll: 2008
Cultural Visioning

                                                  

Key Experience: Completed Cultural Strategy with Taylor Young in 2008 for Weaver Valley
Regional Park. Strategy included project identification, feasibility and economic appraisal.

www.weavervalley.org.uk
 Atoll: 2009
Collaborative Commissioning

                                                  

Key Experience: In 2009 developed Hiddenplace festival with artist Noah Rose for
Burnley – a networking and temporary public art programme engaging with BDP’s
urban masterplan and commissioning 7 local artists. Won 2009 CreativityWorks Award
for Best Use of Creative Space.

www.hiddenplace.org.uk
 Global Affiliations & Advocacy

Founded in 1866, The Royal Aeronautical Society is a multidisciplinary professional institution

dedicated to the global aerospace community.
 Art & Architecture Journal: 2004-10
Press & Best Practice

                                                  

Key Experience: Deputy Editor of Art & Architecture Journal since 2004. Regular articles
written (for A&AJ as well as other publications), as well as strategic development work
undertaken to develop A&AJ National Conferences.

www.artandarchitecturejournal.com
 Atoll: 2006-09
Arts Development Facilitation

                                                  

Key Experience: Facilitation for ACE WM on a 3-year public art and regeneration engagement
pilot within the West Midlands – 2006 - 2009

www.exploreinitiative.co.uk
 Technology & Mythology

And Taranis' altars cruel as were those…. From the Epic Poem: Pharsalia - Book 1
(The Crossing of the Rubicon) by Roman Poet Marcus Annaeus Lucanus
 Atoll: 2006-10
Public Art R&D

                                                  

Key Experience: Integrated street art completed in Sunderland with commissioned Berlin
artists KAPOK developing through R&D, a prototype for ‘urban accupuncture’ and pressure
points via new lighting, sunlight reflectors and sound ‘friggers’ with Aurora lighting contractors
and US sound artist Bill Fontana. Other commissions included SDNA TV video projections and
Charlie Davidson street furniture.

www.sunnisidepartnerhip.co.uk
 Atoll: 2007-08
Wayfinding

                                                  

Key Experience: New media wayfinding explored in several styrategies to date, including work
on Preston, Lancaster and Derby public art strategies.

www.atoll-uk.com
 Atoll: 2008-10
Integrated Art & Infrastructure

                                                  

Key Experience: Design Team collaboration 2008-2010 with Landscape Architects Gillespies,
and Engineers Arup on public art strategy for £25m Bradford Mirror Pool. Commissions for
Janek Schaefer (sound installation), Wolfgang Buttress (sculptural light columns) and Haque
Design + Research (interactive light projection & new media).

www.gillespies.co.uk
 Skills Development & Education

The Blackpool Aviation Week will be responsible for many things……

 Atoll: 2010
Integrated Art in Education

                                                  

Key Experience: Current Arts Strategist and Curator for the Shine Local Education
Partnertship for Blackburn with Darwen delivering 4 Lead Artist ‘% For Art’ programmes worth
circa £1m over 4 new BSF Schools – all currently on site and valued at £100m.

http://shine-lep.blogspot.com
 Future Flights of Fancy

‘Race into Space’ by Landscove CofE Primary School’s Spudnik2

 Atoll: 2010
Aerospace NW Blog

                                                  

Key Experience: Creation of test blog to begin to explore the creative potential of an
innovative celebration of the NW aerospace industries.

http://aerospace-nw.blogspot.com