PUBLIC ART COMMISSION - ST. PETER'S LAND
The Mandela Bay Development Agency (MBDA), on behalf of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is calling for submissions of concepts and ideas by artists interested in producing a public artwork on the St.Peters land in South End.
Please drop off your first round submissions in either digital format (on disc), or on paper in a sealed envelope clearly marked as ST. PETERS LAND PUBLIC ART COMMISSION with your name and contact details at the MBDA office: 1st Floor, Tramways Building, Cnr Lower Valley Road & South Union Street, PO Box 74, Port Elizabeth, 6000. Email submissions to create@mbda.co.za not to exceed 3MB. The latest submission date (by drop off or email) is the 30th of June by 12h00 noon
Site briefing and questions and answer session are scheduled for 10th of June 2022, 12:00pm at St.Peters Land, South End. For more questions and to informed on further QnA sessions please contact: create@mbda.co.za
Please Note
- The competition is open to artists and designers working or living in the Eastern Cape, or can prove a strong affiliation and history to the Nelson Mandela Bay Region.
- Submissions will not be returned. Please only provide copies of artworks or artwork submission mock-ups that will be kept by the MBDA in their archive.
- While submissions include supporting material, the proposed design and idea should speak for itself.
- The judging will be a transparent and discursive process by an adjudication committee comprising of stakeholders, consultants and community representatives.
- Submissions will be assessed on their aesthetic and artistic strength, the relevance to the overall conceptual framework and site-specific motivation, uniqueness of the concept, appropriateness in relation to current uses associated with the location, durability and ease of maintenance.
- The adjudication committee’s decision is final and no correspondences will be entered into with regards to the decision.
- MBDA reserves the right not to select a work should the adjudication committee not see the submissions as appropriate.
- Artists selected will need to work closely with the commissioning agency, engineers and fabricators appointed by the MBDA, unless otherwise negotiated
- Timelines and production scope might change based on site development
- It is understood that all proposed artworks submitted are the original creation of the competition entrant
The idea needs to consider;
- The cosmopolitan nature of the community
- The role of the Church in this community
- Sea faring community (fisherman/whalers/ships/sailors/fish)
- The cultural diversity of the settlers who constituted part of the community (Malay, Hindu, Chinese, Indian, and many others)
- Vibrancy (character/diversity/life)
- Education
- Sports
- Humility of the community
- Working class suburb
- The impact of the Group Areas Act to this community
- Durability and maintainability of the artwork, considering possibilities of vandalism and theft
Estimated timeline:
- Site meeting/briefing: 10th of June 2022
- Submission of proposal: 30th of June 2022
- Selection and notification: 15th of July 2022