Brief for Art Commission at Cornmarket

Dublin City Council
Brief for Art Commission at Cornmarket
Closing date 31 October 2008

Dublin City Council is seeking to celebrate the creative and digital energies of Dublin 8 through the commissioning of an electronic artwork for a new space to view video and digital artwork and cultural information at Cornmarket. It is hoped that artwork will include technical provision for the screening of cultural activity in the area and offer possibilities to engage a passing audience. Applicants are also asked to consider programme content and future curation of the screen.

This commission is financed by Dublin City Council and may require the collaboration
of an artist or artists working with professionals to include all or a number of the
following professions: curators, artists, designer, engineer, architect, landscape
architect etc.

The Commission
The artist is asked to incorporate an urban screen and to consider the design and
programme content to create a public viewing space. Urban screens are increasingly
popular in cities across the world and provide the potential to create audiences in
public spaces. This screen will be used for cultural purposes, and may include the
screening of artists’ films, information relating to cultural activity in the area and entertainment. It will not be used for advertising but rather is asked to make the viewer aware in some capacity that they have entered an area of the city known for both its cultural and digital communities.