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A13 Artscape is one of the largest, most ambitious & innovative public arts projects ever seen in the UK. The project transforms the physical environment around the A13 trunk road & surrounding areas of Barking and Dagenham. Many people live and work directly next to the A13, with schools and recreation areas bordering the road. The A13 Artscape project aims to improve the conditions for residents, workers, pedestrians and drivers along the road.
The original plan, devised by lead artist Tom de Paor in 1996, took advantage of programmed road works to involve artists in a wide range of schemes including large scale artist-designed landscapes, major light works, new sculptural commissions, street furniture, artists residencies, community projects (e.g. inter-generational), temporary projects and new commissions in drama and dance to celebrate the public art. The Artscape also offers local residents the opportunity to get involved, through discussions on designs with artists and architects, and also as participants in specially commissioned dance, drama, music and visual arts projects linked to the overall scheme.
The A13 Artscape is part of a wider regeneration initiative to secure the economic and environmental transformation of an important part of the "East Thames Gateway" - the area along the north bank of the Thames between Docklands and the Greater London Boundary. Barking and Dagenham Council has secured a budget of approximately £9 million for the A13 Artscape. This includes the largest Arts Council National Lottery Award to a public art project to date - £3.895m. Matching funding is coming from the Highways Agency linked to planned road improvements, the Single Regeneration Budget and local businesses.
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Initiatives
Borough Arts Strategy
Single Regeneration Budget
Models
Goresbrook Park Project
Thames Gateway London Partnership and Heart of the Thames Gateway
Evaluations
Funding Stream reporting |
