Appointed commissions & partners
The 12 commissions from regions of the UK are:
| East | On Landguard Point by the Pacitti Company – A series of large-scale participatory, outdoor events exploring the notions of home. |
| East Midlands | Lionheart by Shauna Richardson – Three 30ft hand-crocheted lions will be on display in the East Midlands celebrating Richard the Lionheart and the textile industry. |
| London | Bus-Tops by Alfie Dennen and Paula Le Dieu – LED displays on the roofs of bus stops will showcase digital commissions from established artists and the public. |
| North East | FLOW by The Owl Project and Ed Carter – An environmentally sustainable watermill will be created to float on the River Tyne, forming an interactive arts space full of fantastical mechanical devices. |
| North West | Column by Anthony McCall - A spinning column of cloud and light will rise as far as the eye can see from Birkenhead’s disused Morpeth dock, directly opposite the city of Liverpool. |
| Northern Ireland | Nest by Brian Irvine and John McIlduff – A warehouse installation made from donated personal possessions will inspire a new musical composition for the largest, most inclusive chorus assembled in Northern Ireland. |
| Scotland | Forest Pitch by Craig Coulthard – A full-size football pitch will be created within a woodland to the south of Edinburgh and will host two football matches made up of amateurs from around Scotland. |
| South East | The Boat Project by Lone Twin – People in the South East will be asked to donate wooden objects of personal significance to help create a sea-faring boat that will sail the South East coast and become the focus of celebratory arts events. |
| South West | nowhereisland by Alex Hartley – Alex will bring an island discovered in the High Arctic to the South West of England where it will navigate the coast, accompanied by a travelling embassy, exploring issues of climate change and land ownership. |
| Wales | Adain Avion by Marc Rees – A travelling wingless silver bird, recycled from an abandoned DC9 aeroplane, will ‘nest’ in locations across Wales while being transformed and animated by the local communities. |
| West Midlands | Godiva Awakes by Imagineer Productions – Coventry icon Lady Godiva will be recreated as a gigantic human puppet and lead a cast of thousands in a processional performance, before journeying to London. |
| Yorkshire | Leeds Canvas by Leeds Canvas – A collaboration between the city’s artists, arts organisations and the Quay Brothers will use the buildings, streets and people of Leeds as the ‘canvas’ for a month long series of interventions. |
London 2012 and the Arts Council England have announced that over £1.9 million of funding had been awarded to 35 commissions after two rounds of entries. The winning commissions from London were:
- Candoco Unlimited by the Candoco Dance Company
- The Garden by the Graeae Theatre Company
- Unlimited International by the Candoco Dance Company
- The Dean Rodney Singers by Heart’n Soul
- Resonance at the still point of change (working title) by Simon Allen
- Bee Detective by Tin Bath Theatre Company
Other commissions taking place around the UK include:
- The Screaming Silence of the Wind by Maurice Orr
- The Ugly Spirit by Fittings Multimedia Arts
- Private Dancer by Janice Parker
- Snails and Ketchup by Ramesh Meyyappan
- Personal Best: Turning Points by Chris Tally Evans
- The ‘d’ Monologues by Kaite O’Reilly with The Llanarth Group
- Irresistible by Jez Colborne with Mind the Gap
- Bipolar Ringmaster (without a Circus) by Stumble danceCircus
- Unlimited Global Alchemy by Rachel Gadsden with Nondumiso Hlwele, and the Bambanani Women’s Group
- Boundless (working title) by David Toole & Lucy Hines
- Motion Disabled by Simon McKeown
- Bipolar Circus by Michele Weaver
- M21 by DASH
- English Garden Flower Installation by Paul Cummins
- Ménage à Trois by Claire Cunningham
- leaving-limbo-landing by Caroline Bowditch
- Fusional Fragments by Marc Brew
- The ‘d’ Monologues by Kaite O’Reilly with the National Theatre Wales
- CAUTION by Sinead O’Donnell
- Throw them up and let them sing by Helen Petts
- Boomba down the Tyne by Lawnmowers
- Escape from the Factory by Joel Simon
- Demotivational Speaker by Laurence Clark
- Skewered Snails by Ramesh Meyyappan
- Unlimited Global Alchemy by Rachel Gadsden
- Breathe by Diverse City
- Creating the Spectacle! by Susan Austin
- Irresistible by Jez Colborne
Themes and partners
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| Dress the World | East Midlands | Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Nottingham City Council Museums and Gallery Service Leicester Museums and Galleries |
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| Eastern Exchange | East of England | Colchester and Ipswich Museum Fitzwilliam Museum Norfolk Museum Museums Luton Essex County Council |
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| London: World City | London | Museum of London and Docklands London Transport Museum Horniman Museum Geffrye Museum |
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| Journeys of Discovery | North East | Tyne and wear Museums and Archives The Bowes Museum Captain Cook Birthplace Museum Oriental Museum, Durham |
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| Global Threads | North West | Harris Museum and Art Gallery |
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| Sounds Global | Scotland | National Museums Scotland |
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| Local Global | South East | Brighton Museum and Art Gallery |
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| Precious Cargo | Yorkshire | Bradford Museums, Galleries and Heritage Leeds Museums and Galleries Service Hull Museums Museums Sheffield York Museums Trust Barnsley MBC Museum and Heritage Service Scarborough Museums Trust |
Commissions
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| 'Spinal Chords' | Sally Beamish | Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
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| 'Fire' | David Bruce | The Opera Group |
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| TBC | Aaron Cassidy | EXAUDI |
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| 'Twenty-Seven Heavens' | Richard Causton | European Union Youth Orchestra |
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| 'Ping!' | Joe Cutler | Coull String Quartet |
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| 'Track to Track' | Graham Fitkin | London Chamber Orchestra Trust |
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| 'Pure Gold: a 4x3 Relay Race' | Luke Carver Goss | Black Dyke Band |
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| 'What Wild Ecstasy' | Gavin Higgins | Rambert Dance Company |
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| 'Zatopek!' | Emily Howard | Second Movement |
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| 'The Brown Bomber' | Julian Joseph | Hackney Music Development Trust |
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| 'XXXY' | Liz Liew and Andy Leung | Chinatown Arts Space |
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| 'Hands Free' | Anna Meredith | National Youth Orchestra |
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| 'Our Day' | Conor Mitchell | NI Opera |
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| 'Bending the Da' | Sheema Mukherjee | The Imagined Village |
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| 'TAT-1' | Aidan O'Rourke | An Tobar, The Tobermory Arts Centre |
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| 'Technophonia' | Oliver Searle | Drake Music Scotland |
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| 'Wild Bells to a Wild Sky' | Howard Skempton | Central Council of Church Bell Ringers |
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| 'Beyond This' | Mark-Anthony Turnage | Irene Taylor Trust |
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| 'The Voyage' | Michael Wolters | Stan's Cafe |
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| 'Skip, Dash. Flow' | Jason Yarde | Wonderbrass |
