THE SERPENTINE PROJECT
Project Brief Pre Proposal
“Physics has found no strait lines - it’s only found waves. Physics has found no solids – only high frequency event fields. The universe is not conforming to a three dimensional perpendicular-parallel frame of refernce. The universe of physical energy is always divergently expanding or convergently contracting. ” Richard Buckminster Fuller
The Artwork:
• This water-born installation will use the Serpentine Lake and the Long Water as the surface for a huge drawing of landscape scale. • A multitude of circles continuously appear and disappear on the surface of the water in patterns choreographed by the activity of air, water, wind and light. • According to the suns position, time of year and weather conditions the drawing on the lake’s surface will alter radically, changing from light on dark to dark on light, standing out clearly and then disappearing. • Colossal in size, it will either be viewed in part from the sides of the lake or viewed as a whole from the air and the surrounding buildings to the park. • On a more immediate level, the work will prompt an increase to life above and below the water’s surface. Bringing a new demension to the lake and the landscape. • In a thought based perspective the piece will draw the viewers attention to the constant state of flux and parallel dimensions that make up our environment.
Location:
• Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens together form the largest open space in Central London, and one of the largest of its kind in the world, consisting of 630 acres of trees and grass intersected by public paths. • The circular drawings will only exist in the two lakes, The Serpentine in Hyde Park and The Long Water in Kensington Gardens. The circles will appear throughout all areas of the lakes to give the impression of a life going on beyond its normally perceived boundaries. • The approach and context of the artwork, is as important. Placement within the center of a city, in a man made lake in a man made park, is significant because the theme of the artwork is a reflection of this desire to re-create nature.
Viewing:
• The largest vistas of the work will be from places where one can look down the length of the lakes: at the top end of the Long Water, looking towards the Serpentine bridge, looking east and west from the bridge itself and from the west end side of the Serpentine. • From the rest of the paths that surround the lakes, viewing the circles should be a discovery, sometimes finding part of a whole circle or a group of small circles. • When viewed from the ground it should be impossible to see the circles in their entirety. • It is important that the scale of the circles fits into the environment and that they remind the viewer of the scale of the surrounding nature. The circles will vary from 4 to 80 metres in outer diameter.
Educational Program:
• The imagery and materials used in this artwork are closely bound to man's interaction within the natural environment. Because of this an educational program would widen the understanding of the environment and the placement of art within it. • The program will explain the ecology and natural environment of the lakes and the connections between above and below the surface of the water in the lakes. • How the process of aerating the water works as enhanced by the artwork and its effect on the environment. • An Interactive and visual exhibit will show how the structural fabrication of the underwater structures was made from start to finish. This will include an explanation of how the artwork is run, where the energy comes from and what it is converted into and finally how this affects the environment. • Brail maps and a 'hands on air and water circle' will be set up for the blind and boat trips for the disabled. • The program will be open to schoolchildren of all ages and to the general public.
Benefits:
• This project will support the aims of The Royal Park’s Corporate Business Plan for 2009/11, which states ‘ To manage – balancing the responsibility to conserve and enhance the unique environments - opportunities for enjoyment, education, entertainment and healthy recreation” • It will increase profile of Hyde Park, nationally and internationally. • It will encourage regular visitors to take a fresh look at the park, local communities to visit the park and tourists to prioritise their visit. • It will attract attention of a wider international audience of contemporary art. • It will promotes environmental awareness and improve the environmental management of the lakes. • It will improve the aeration of the water and therefore the quantity and types of life living in the lake. • Vibrant education activities will run alongside it, involving schools and the general public covering areas from ecology, engineering, art etc
Funding:
• All costs of the artwork is aimed to be covered directly by sponsorship. This will also include all maintance and running costs. • Sponsors will be targeted in the following industries; energy corporations, communication and aviation. • The Royal Parks will have no financial outlay for the works.
Construction and Maintenance of Artwork:
• A concealed mechanism installed under the lake would produce tiny air bubbles that in turn create vast circles on the surface of the water. • Simplicity is paramount to successful completion of this project. Therefore the structural engineering designs, fabrication and installation will all use the simplest methods • .The following project team will be required: Project Manager, Supervising Engineer, Structural Engineer, Fabrication and Installation Company, Site Surveyor, Landscape Architect, Metallurgist, Ecologist, Sponsorship Manager, Public Relations Manager, Maintenance Crew.
Artwork Requirements:
- Artwork intervention will need to meet all health and safety regulations.
- The Maintenance for the running of the piece will need to be minimal and not disrupt the running of the park in any way.
- It must have a full ecological check on all materials that will be submersed into the water for a prolonged period, all of which will have to be ‘Risk Free’ of any pollutants.
- A full analysis will need to be conducted on the effects of prolonged aeration to the water. This will also have to cover the effects on the natural habitat of the lakes and the surrounding area.
- The design process will incorporate extensive Prefabrications to the assembly of the mechanism off site. To insure a site assembly that will cause the minimum disruption to the daily running of the parks. The same will go for disassembly of the work.
- A plan for the movement of people through the park if it is to become a ‘popular’ attraction to the public. A full proposal will be presented to potential sponsors and the Royal Parks detailing everything, from the budget to removal of the works.
For more information please contact the artist: Clement Price Thomas tel: +1 917 400 4343 email: cpt@clementpricethomas.com web: http://www.clementpricethomas.com Copyright. Clement Price Thomas 2011. Revision 7 2
THE SERPENTINE PROJECT
Project Brief Pre Proposal
“Physics has found no strait lines - it’s only found waves. Physics has found no solids – only high frequency event fields. The universe is not conforming to a three dimensional perpendicular-parallel frame of refernce. The universe of physical energy is always divergently expanding or convergently contracting. ” Richard Buckminster Fuller
The Artwork:
• This water-born installation will use the Serpentine Lake and the Long Water as the surface for a huge drawing of landscape scale. • A multitude of circles continuously appear and disappear on the surface of the water in patterns choreographed by the activity of air, water, wind and light. • According to the suns position, time of year and weather conditions the drawing on the lake’s surface will alter radically, changing from light on dark to dark on light, standing out clearly and then disappearing. • Colossal in size, it will either be viewed in part from the sides of the lake or viewed as a whole from the air and the surrounding buildings to the park. • On a more immediate level, the work will prompt an increase to life above and below the water’s surface. Bringing a new demension to the lake and the landscape. • In a thought based perspective the piece will draw the viewers attention to the constant state of flux and parallel dimensions that make up our environment.
Location:
• Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens together form the largest open space in Central London, and one of the largest of its kind in the world, consisting of 630 acres of trees and grass intersected by public paths. • The circular drawings will only exist in the two lakes, The Serpentine in Hyde Park and The Long Water in Kensington Gardens. The circles will appear throughout all areas of the lakes to give the impression of a life going on beyond its normally perceived boundaries. • The approach and context of the artwork, is as important. Placement within the center of a city, in a man made lake in a man made park, is significant because the theme of the artwork is a reflection of this desire to re-create nature.
Viewing:
• The largest vistas of the work will be from places where one can look down the length of the lakes: at the top end of the Long Water, looking towards the Serpentine bridge, looking east and west from the bridge itself and from the west end side of the Serpentine. • From the rest of the paths that surround the lakes, viewing the circles should be a discovery, sometimes finding part of a whole circle or a group of small circles. • When viewed from the ground it should be impossible to see the circles in their entirety. • It is important that the scale of the circles fits into the environment and that they remind the viewer of the scale of the surrounding nature. The circles will vary from 4 to 80 metres in outer diameter.
Educational Program:
• The imagery and materials used in this artwork are closely bound to man's interaction within the natural environment. Because of this an educational program would widen the understanding of the environment and the placement of art within it. • The program will explain the ecology and natural environment of the lakes and the connections between above and below the surface of the water in the lakes. • How the process of aerating the water works as enhanced by the artwork and its effect on the environment. • An Interactive and visual exhibit will show how the structural fabrication of the underwater structures was made from start to finish. This will include an explanation of how the artwork is run, where the energy comes from and what it is converted into and finally how this affects the environment. • Brail maps and a 'hands on air and water circle' will be set up for the blind and boat trips for the disabled. • The program will be open to schoolchildren of all ages and to the general public.
Benefits:
• This project will support the aims of The Royal Park’s Corporate Business Plan for 2009/11, which states ‘ To manage – balancing the responsibility to conserve and enhance the unique environments - opportunities for enjoyment, education, entertainment and healthy recreation” • It will increase profile of Hyde Park, nationally and internationally. • It will encourage regular visitors to take a fresh look at the park, local communities to visit the park and tourists to prioritise their visit. • It will attract attention of a wider international audience of contemporary art. • It will promotes environmental awareness and improve the environmental management of the lakes. • It will improve the aeration of the water and therefore the quantity and types of life living in the lake. • Vibrant education activities will run alongside it, involving schools and the general public covering areas from ecology, engineering, art etc
Funding:
• All costs of the artwork is aimed to be covered directly by sponsorship. This will also include all maintance and running costs. • Sponsors will be targeted in the following industries; energy corporations, communication and aviation. • The Royal Parks will have no financial outlay for the works.
Construction and Maintenance of Artwork:
• A concealed mechanism installed under the lake would produce tiny air bubbles that in turn create vast circles on the surface of the water. • Simplicity is paramount to successful completion of this project. Therefore the structural engineering designs, fabrication and installation will all use the simplest methods • .The following project team will be required: Project Manager, Supervising Engineer, Structural Engineer, Fabrication and Installation Company, Site Surveyor, Landscape Architect, Metallurgist, Ecologist, Sponsorship Manager, Public Relations Manager, Maintenance Crew.
Artwork Requirements:
- Artwork intervention will need to meet all health and safety regulations.
- The Maintenance for the running of the piece will need to be minimal and not disrupt the running of the park in any way.
- It must have a full ecological check on all materials that will be submersed into the water for a prolonged period, all of which will have to be ‘Risk Free’ of any pollutants.
- A full analysis will need to be conducted on the effects of prolonged aeration to the water. This will also have to cover the effects on the natural habitat of the lakes and the surrounding area.
- The design process will incorporate extensive Prefabrications to the assembly of the mechanism off site. To insure a site assembly that will cause the minimum disruption to the daily running of the parks. The same will go for disassembly of the work.
- A plan for the movement of people through the park if it is to become a ‘popular’ attraction to the public. A full proposal will be presented to potential sponsors and the Royal Parks detailing everything, from the budget to removal of the works.
For more information please contact the artist: Clement Price Thomas tel: +1 917 400 4343 email: cpt@clementpricethomas.com web: http://www.clementpricethomas.com Copyright. Clement Price Thomas 2011. Revision 7 2