If you find yourself stuck in traffic on your way to Cornwall, or in a long queue at customs, or perhaps you are looking for an escape from your toddler’s tantrums…; Futurecity has got you covered with our cultural placemaking essential summer watching list!
Here is round up of video content from our placemaking conversations across the local, urban and global scale. The videos cover subjects on the impact of art and culture in healthcare, Business Improvement Districts, global cities and digital art of the future and more.
From the beginning of 2021, cities, developers and communities have been wondering what we can learn from the exceptional circumstances. It’s been a pleasure to swap and chair dialogue with many global and cultural perspectives and to see how ‘Gallery without Walls’ has been embraced since Mark Davy coined the term for the Future\Pace’s manifesto.
Read on for insights on cultural placemaking and be sure to bookmark the links to watch the videos on-demand at your convenience.
Look out for Autumn when we begin to share large PREVIEWs and Reveals of Scale across three Global Regions….
Enjoy!
The Futurecity Team
FUTURECITY JOINS THE STAGE
London Festival of Architecture – Caring for the City: 21st Century Health & Wellbeing
14th June 2021
Host: Jacobs
Founder Mark Davy joined the panel of healthcare design experts to reflect on whether it’s time for the arts and artists to play a more significant role in the hospital of the future.
#WELLBEING
London Festival of Architecture – Caring for the City: Public Realm 2.0
17th June 2021
Host: Jacobs
Partner Sherry Dobbin joined the panel to reflect on the future nature of public space, exploring how digital and physical dimensions can successfully come together to create inspirational post-pandemic public realm and thriving cities.
#DIGITALPLACESHAPING
Cultural Placemaking of the future
26TH March 2021
Host: NLA
Partner Sherry Dobbin talks to Peter Murray about the changing cultural landscape of London and Futurecity’s ‘Gallery without Walls’ proposal to revive the West End of London post-pandemic.
#GALLERYWITHOUTWALLS
IT4Arts Audience & Visitor Engagement Workshop
20th May 2021
Host: IT4Arts
Partner Sherry Dobbin took part in this workshop for IT4Arts presenting ‘Digital Placeshaping: a contemporary narrative for our town and cities.’ Sherry discussed the concept of ‘A Gallery without walls’ and how we can collaborate with our digital world.
#DIGITALPLACESHAPING
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Pritzker Forum on Global Cities: The Post-Covid City
10th June 2021
Host: Chicago Council on Global Affairs and The FT
Partner Sherry Dobbin joined global leaders to discuss how the pandemic has impacted the way we live, work, and play in cities. Sherry chaired the session on Play with Scott Kirby, United Airlines’ CEO, and Justine Simons, London’s deputy mayor for culture, which looked at reinvigorating urban life in the post-pandemic world while also exploring the connected worlds of travel, tourism, and culture.
#CULTURALPLACEMAKING #LETSDOLONDON
Social & Cultural Resilience – ULI Conference
20th May 2021
Host: UKI UK Urban Art Forum
Chaired by Partner Sherry Dobbin, this event looked at ‘Social and Cultural Resiliency’ in the cultural sector by bringing together leading data, cultural and policy experts to share their challenges and findings in measuring the social value of culture in urban developments.
#SOCIALRESILIENCE
Town centre public realm: Our vision for a greener Hammersmith
16th June 2021
Host: Real Estate Live UK
Partner Sherry Dobbin chaired a session with panellists from the Hammersmith BID team and discussed the conception and progress of a new ‘Public Realm Vision’ for Hammersmith town centre; making it one of London’s greenest urban areas and a more pleasant place for employees, visitors and residents.
#CULTURALPLACEMAKING
FUTURECITY SETS THE STAGE
Placemaking Happy Hour 1 – How to Plan for the Unexpected
31st March 2021
Host: Futurecity
Our first ever Placemaking Happy Hour brought together celebrated womxn placemakers from around the world – including Futurecity Partner Sherry Dobbin – who contributed to the Routledge Handbook of Placemaking.
#CULTURALPLACEMAKING
Placemaking Happy Hour 2 – In Conversation with Young Creators UK
26th May 2021
Host: Futurecity
In our second Placemaking Happy Hour, we talked to Young Creators UK about their outstanding and unique model of empowering young people across Lambeth to create professional media and digital careers, and disrupt the traditional routes into the mainstream media and arts sector.
#SOCIALENTREPRENUERSHIP
FUTURECITY REPORTS IRL
Art Dubai 2021 – The possibilities of a post pandemic art world
29th March – 3rd April 2021
Host: Art Dubai
Associate Nadine Nour el Din attended Art Dubai, the first in-person art fair since the pandemic. Nadine reports on the event and shares insights on the role of public art and outdoor programming post-pandemic. #ART
Canning Dock competition installations
16th – 18th July 2021
Host: National Museums Liverpool
Futurecity is part of one of the six shortlisted teams for the Canning Dock competition led by BIG and JA Projects. Stage 2 of the competition – launched by National Museums Liverpool – included creating an installation on the waterfront and engaging with the local communities to exchange ideas on how to sensitively reinterpret and redesign the historic waterfront.
#SOCIALENTREPRENUERSHIP
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