URBAN ALCHEMY The Transforming Power of Art and Architecture Tuesday 26 September 2006 Leading lights in Art and Architecture A key conference for artists, architects, planners, developers,
"The was a city dying on its feet... the with his own eyes last month, was a city in the process of recasting itself entirely" Fat Lad, Glenn Patterson, "Government is committed to promoting collaboration between artists, design professionals and clients, thereby encouraging the integration of art in the design of public buildings and public places". Objective 5 (Architecture & the Built Environment for The recent launch of Northern Ireland's first cross-governmental policy on architecture and the built environment, the announcement of major changes in the Public Administration of the region and an investment of £28m by the Department for Social Development in Belfast's City Centre have all set the scene for this inspirational one day conference - delivered in partnership by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Belfast City Council and the Royal Society of Ulster Architects.
Booking Delegate fees: £65 Discounted rate: £50 (available to RSUA members and cultural organisations / individuals funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Belfast City Council) Conference fee includes lunch and performances / exhibition at the historic Tickets for the conference dinner hosted by Belfast City Council's Development Committee (with entertainment including after dinner speaker, Jim Barrett, Book your accommodation on-line at www.gotobelfast.com or T: 028 9024 6609.
Registration for the main conference programme begins at 8.45am at the Waterfront Hall , with the first speaker beginning at 9.30am in the NTL Studio. Lunch will be served just opposite the Waterfront Hall at the historic St George's Market and the conference will end at approximately 4.30pm. A choice of two City Tours (5.00pm - 6.00pm) will depart from Belfast Exposed in Cathedral Quarter and PLACE Built Environment Centre and the day will end with a drinks reception (7.30pm), followed by conference dinner at City Hall (8.00pm). PLACE Walking Tour Led by Paul Harron, Architecture and Public Art specialist at the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, and Morven McFadden, Curator of PLACE, Belfast’s built environment centre, this tour starts at PLACE (40 Fountain Street) where there will be an opportunity to view the 2006 RSUA Design Awards exhibition. The tour will take in sculptures by Louise Walsh and John Kindness around Great Victoria Street; the Ormeau Baths Gallery and the Fire Station on Ormeau Avenue; public art and the redevelopment of the Gasworks site including the award-winning Batik Building; and will finish up at Laganside, looking at buildings such as the Waterfront Hall itself, the Bar Library and Laganside Courts and the public art around Lanyon Place, concluding at John Kindness’s ‘Big Fish’ opposite the Custom House and Custom House Square. BELFAST EXPOSED Walking Tour Led by Rita Harkin, Ulster Architectural Heritage Society and Declan Hill, Todd Architects, this tour of Cathedral Quarter starts from Belfast Exposed Photographic Gallery (23 Donegall Place) and will take in the Albert Clock, restored by Belfast City Council; the magnificent Merchant Hotel which began life as a high Victorian bank; the recently created Black Box performance space; and a new, improved Art College. All buildings are located in the Cathedral Conservation Area which forms the birthplace of the city. The area is undergoing enormous change with a £300 million retail-led proposal in the pipeline. Local arts groups, businesses and heritage organisations have come together to help influence the shape of things to come in this designated cultural quarter.
Watch out also for Kabosh during the evening reception and conference dinner, bringing you ‘Sixty Seconds’: Short enough to hold you by the seat of your pants, long enough to change your life forever. 60 seconds of intrigue, 60 seconds of searing wit, 60 seconds of heartbreak, all for your individual pleasure …… but with one twist - you never know when … only how long it will last. Kabosh challenges the notion of what theatre is and where it takes place
Delegate enquiries T: 028 9066 3000 /
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