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Nowhereisland
Nowhereisland was an artwork by artist Alex Hartley (artist), Alex Hartley, produced by the Bristol-based arts organisation, Situations. Nowhereisland was an ‘Artists Taking the Lead’ project, funded by Arts Council England as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. The work involved the discovery of a new island that had been revealed from within the melting ice of a retreating glacier on the Svalbard peninsula in Norway. The island was taken out into International Waters by an expedition team, where it was declared a new nation. This new nation - Nowhereisland - was towed around the South West coast of England prior to and during the 2012 Olympic Games. The project was designed to examine democracy and investigate what a borderless nation might look like. On its website (now defunct) Hartley explained that the Island "seeks to redefine what a nation can be. Nowhereisland embodies the global potential of a new borderless nation, which offers citizenship to all; a space in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nowhereisland At Ringstead Bay 2012-07-25
Nowhereisland was an artwork by artist Alex Hartley (artist), Alex Hartley, produced by the Bristol-based arts organisation, Situations. Nowhereisland was an ‘Artists Taking the Lead’ project, funded by Arts Council England as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. The work involved the discovery of a new island that had been revealed from within the melting ice of a retreating glacier on the Svalbard peninsula in Norway. The island was taken out into International Waters by an expedition team, where it was declared a new nation. This new nation - Nowhereisland - was towed around the South West coast of England prior to and during the 2012 Olympic Games. The project was designed to examine democracy and investigate what a borderless nation might look like. On its website (now defunct) Hartley explained that the Island "seeks to redefine what a nation can be. Nowhereisland embodies the global potential of a new borderless nation, which offers citizenship to all; a space in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Hartley (artist)
Alex Hartley (born 1963) is a British artist whose work addresses complicated and sometimes contradictory attitudes toward built environments and landscapes. Career Hartley's artwork was exhibited in Charles Saatchi's ''Sensation.'' With Black Dog Publishing, he produced the architecture/climbing crossover book ''L.A Climbs'' in 2004, and the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh published a monograph, ''Not Part of Your World'' to coincide with his solo festival exhibition in 2008. Nowhereisland In 2004, whilst participating in a Cape Farewell Arctic expedition, Hartley discovered Nyskjæret, an island about the size of a football field, in the archipelago of Svalbard, a Norwegian territory in the Arctic Ocean. The island had been revealed from within the melting ice of a retreating glacier and Hartley was the first human to stand on it. He originally called it Nymark (meaning 'new land') and the Norwegian Polar Institute has since recognised the island as Nyskjæret and inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London 2012 Cultural Olympiad
The 2012 Cultural Olympiad was a programme of cultural events across the United Kingdom that accompanied the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics. The Olympic Charter, the set of rules and guidelines for the organization of the Olympic Games and for governing the Olympic Movement states that "The LOCOG shall organise a programme of cultural events which must cover at least the entire period during which the Olympic Village is open." London 2012 Festival The London Olympic Games' Cultural Olympiad included 500 events nationwide throughout the UK, spread over four years and culminating in the London 2012 Festival. The cost of the events was over £97 million with funding provided by Arts Council England, Legacy Trust UK and the Olympic Lottery Distributor. Those involved in the festival, which ran from 21 June to 9 September 2012, included Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett, director Mike Leigh, musician Damon Albarn, artists David Hockney, Lucian Freud, Rachel W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Cultural Olympiad
The 2012 Cultural Olympiad was a programme of cultural events across the United Kingdom that accompanied the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics. The Olympic Charter, the set of rules and guidelines for the organization of the Olympic Games and for governing the Olympic Movement states that "The LOCOG shall organise a programme of cultural events which must cover at least the entire period during which the Venues of the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, Olympic Village is open." London 2012 Festival The London Olympic Games' Cultural Olympiad included 500 events nationwide throughout the UK, spread over four years and culminating in the London 2012 Festival. The cost of the events was over £97 million with funding provided by Arts Council England, Legacy Trust UK and the Olympic Lottery Distributor. Those involved in the festival, which ran from 21 June to 9 September 2012, included Academy Award, Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett, director Mike Leigh, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arts Council England
Arts Council England is an arm's length non-departmental public body of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. It is also a registered charity. It was formed in 1994 when the Arts Council of Great Britain was divided into three separate bodies for England, Scotland and Wales. The arts funding system in England underwent considerable reorganisation in 2002 when all of the regional arts boards were subsumed into Arts Council England and became regional offices of the national organisation. Arts Council England is a government-funded body dedicated to promoting the performing, visual and literary arts in England. Since 1994, Arts Council England has been responsible for distributing lottery funding. This investment has helped to transform the building stock of arts organisations and to create much additional high-quality arts activity. On 1 October 2011 the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council was subsumed into the Arts Council in England and they assumed the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svalbard
Svalbard ( , ), also known as Spitsbergen, or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of mainland Europe, it is about midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole. The islands of the group range from 74° to 81° north latitude, and from 10° to 35° east longitude. The largest island is Spitsbergen, followed by Nordaustlandet and . The largest settlement is Longyearbyen. The islands were first used as a base by the whalers who sailed far north in the 17th and 18th centuries, after which they were abandoned. Coal mining started at the beginning of the 20th century, and several permanent communities were established. The Svalbard Treaty of 1920 recognizes Norwegian sovereignty, and the 1925 Svalbard Act made Svalbard a full part of the Kingdom of Norway. They also established Svalbard as a free economic zone and a demilitarized zone. The Norwegian Store Norske and the Russian remain the only mining companies in place. Res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
