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Barking Town Centre Artscape

Fact Sheet

Title

Barking Town Centre Artscape

Artists

Clare Brew, Michael Cousin, Raphael Daden, Dale Devereux Barker, muf architecture/ art, Jill Randall and Alan Birch, Tony Stallard, Alison Unsworth, Joost van Santen, Walter Jack Studio, Simon Watkinson, Tom Wilkinson

Commissioner/client

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

Commenced

2005

Completed

Ongoing

Location

Barking town centre

Scope

Entire town centre

Materials

Various, with an emphasis on lighting

Budget

Currently £1.3m

Funding sources

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, London Thames Gateway Riverside Partnership and London Thames Gateway Urban Development Corporation and private developers through Section 106 agreements

Summary artists' brief

To create artworks for sites in Barking that make visible the cultural values, heritage and aspirations of the town

Project managers

Tracey McNulty, Group Manager Arts Programme and Development , LBBD

Peter Watson, Project Manager, LBBD

Other professionals

LBBD colleagues, Burns + Nice, Urbis Lighting.

Contacts for further information

Tracey McNulty, Group Manager Arts Programme and Development

Peter Watson, Project Manager

Leisure, Arts and Olympics; Regeneration Department

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

Westbury Centre

Ripple Road

Barking IG11 7PT

Tel: 020 8270 4846

Email: [email protected] & [email protected]

Website: www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk

Raphael Daden

Tel: 0115 911 9575

Mobile: 0776 987 4557

Email: [email protected]

Simon Watkinson

Tel: 0191 213 5665

Mobile: 07710 124 696

Email: [email protected]