Blade - Nayan Kulkarni [MPM]

Customer	Sam Hunt	

			
               
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  	Detailed project description (200–400 words)	Blade – Nayan Kulkarni 

www.nkprojects.co.uk
Queen Victoria Square (January – March)

Installation of an 75m long off-shore wind turbine blade. 

Description by Nayan

At the start of the twentieth century the Futurists recognized the dawn of the machine age through their celebration of technology; the machine as a means to power and ultimately to war. We now know of a different way, we see differently and are learning to understand a new order of the machine. In this sense the blade of wind turbine, a harvester of energy, is more than a means to an end.  It is a material fact, a weight, a pure form: a sculpture made in Hull.

Blade  proposes to transform Hull’s street scape through the imposition of a single wind turbine blade. As with J.G.Ballard’s ‘The Drowned Giant’ or Richard Serra’s ‘Tilted Arc’ this will be a profound material gesture, a spectacle, an obstacle and an object of wonder. This readymade artwork, up to 75 meters long, will divide the street forming a temporary impediment to a free flow. Carefully positioned it will force us to drift around its arabesque edges, our sight taking the place of the breeze. The twisting wing although inert, at rest in the street, speaks of movement but not of freedom.

Blade seeks to raise the status of the blade to art, positioning it in the history of material forms that transcend function pointing us towards beauty, reminding us of its relationship to the sublime.

Promoted as part of the ‘Made in Hull’ season ‘Blade’ will be an unforgettable physical manifestation, creating an opportunity for anyone to see what is made in the city in a way which will surprise, intrigue and engender pride. This blade will slice through a public space, amazing in its scale and physically breathtaking, an expression of a city at the forefront of sustainable technology. 

For general Look Up - check the umbrella arrangement.	
 	Event Synopsis (c3 sentences of headline info, replaced by official copy)	Installation of an 75m long off-shore wind turbine blade in Queen Victoria Square	
 	Project Plan	Pending	
 	RAMS	Pending	
 	Event Operational Safety Plan	Pending	
 	Budget	Draft	
 	Marketing & Comms Plan	Pending	
 	Greenlit?	N	
 	Milestones	Y	
 	Change log	15/7/16 JC updated Analysis/project code on SK advice	
 	Last updated	05/07/2016	
 Dates	Project start date (dd/mm/yyyy)	05/07/2016	
 	Project Live date (dd/mm/yyyy)	08/01/2017	
 	End of Live date (dd/mm/yyyy)	31/03/2017	
 	End of evaluation date (dd/mm/yyyy)	11/06/2017	
 Categories	Project Type	1: Hull 2017 Curated Programme	
 	Strand	Look Up	
 	Season	1: Made in Hull	
 	Primary art form	Visual Art	
 	Secondary art form	n/a	
 	Tertiary art form	n/a	
 	Digital Requirements	High	
 	Part of University VIK programme?	N	
 	Strategic partner?	Strategic partner funded	
 	Project complete?	N	
 Finance	Total project budget	£385,000.00	
 	Hull 2017 contribution	£385,000.00	
 	Income factored in		
 	Analysis/project code(s)	C031	
 	ACE - A4E	N	
 	ACE - HM Treasury for Turner	N	
 	Big Lottery Fund	N	
 	British Council	N	
 	Ellerman Foundation	N	
 	Esmee Fairburn Foundation	N	
 	H&ER Charitable Trust	N	
 	Hull CCG	N	
 	Spirit of 2012	N	
 	Are there any specific funder requirements for delivery?	...	
 People	Project Lead	Sam Hunt	
 	Producer	Hazel Colquhoun	
 	Assistant Producer	Hannah Williams Walton	
 	Production Manager	AsYet NotSelected	
 Objectives	Target # audience	1000000	
 	Forecast/actual # audience		
 	Hull residents	Y	
 	Regional	Y	
 	National	Y	
 	International	Y	
 	Children (<16)	Y	
 	Young people (16-25)	Y	
 	Families	Y	
 	Older people (60+)	Y	
 	Self-identify as disabled	Y	
 	BME	Y	
 	NEET	Y	
 	Objective 1	To be part of a significant programme of art in the public space	
 	Met? 1	N	
 	Objective 2	Transform people's understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of Hull	
 	Met? 2	N	
 	Objective 3	Engage new audiences for visual arts in the city and to drive footfall to the city centre	
 	Met? 3	N	
 	Objective 4	Be part of  a series of co-commissioning partnerships enabling extra investment in the artistic programme ensuing impact, scale and ambition is realised.	
 	Met? 4	N	
 	Objective 5	...	
 	Met? 5	N	
 	# temporary jobs created (target) [employed by H2017, >=12m]		
 	# temporary jobs created (forecast/actual)		
 	# freelance contracts created (target) [self-employed, engaged directly]	20	
 	# freelance contracts created (forecast/actual)		
 	# participation opportunities (target)	100	
 	# participation opportunities (forecast/actual)		
 	...of which for school age (target)		
 	...of which for school age (forecast/actual)		
 	# commissions (target)	1	
 	# commissions (forecast/actual)		
 Performance, Residency & Legacy	Performance: Summary of events, including dates, times, venues, ticketing strategy (free/paid, (un)ticketed), age guidelines (free text OR UKFC categories) etc.	Public Art - not ticketed.
 In Queen Victoria Square.
08/01/2017-31/03/2017
No age guidelines	
 	Residency: What opps will be created for our education programme? How will the project build new audiences through engagement? Note #s, types & duration of participation opps.	Possible talk at HSAD	
 	Legacy: What is built into the core project that will ensure legacy?	There will be a legacy created through the structured programme of education and engagement focused on HSAD. There will also be a legacy through the development of new audiences for visual arts, as the city centre of Hull is transformed into a free gallery. The programme is designed to help audience view their city afresh, helping raise aspirations and positive views of teh city centre of Hull.	
 Project Management	What is the model for delivering this project? eg we will employ a creative team, we will outsource to an agency, we are contributing funding but no other resource…	The project management and delivery of this programme will be outsourced to specialist consultants managed directly by Hull 2017 Executive Producer

Curation and Project Management - Andrew Knight (a.knight@aknight@aknight.karoo.co.uk) Hazel Colquhoun(mail@hazelcolquhoun.com)	
 	How will delivery partners be identified and procured? Refer to the procurement flowchart and note below the agreed process (A–G) for each contract.	The key delivery partners (the consultants) were procured through an open tender, the partners that will form the basis for co-commission relationships and artistic commissions will be exempt from standard procurement rules (artistic choice)	
 	Who are the delivery partners? (Contact & organisation name, contract status for each)	Curation and Project Management - Andrew Knight (a.knight@aknight@aknight.karoo.co.uk) Hazel Colquhoun(mail@hazelcolquhoun.com)

Main Contacts Delivery Team 

Seimens
Jason Speedy
Chris Wetherall

Arup 
Richard Bickers
Milly Henayke	
 	Volunteer management: What is your expectation of volunteer requirements? (Numbers, roles, responsibilities, duration / period required)	Volunteer invigilators 
Potentially 2 per shift, 2 shifts per day but tbc
From 08/01/2017 - 31/03/2017	
 TO DELETE	Garfield Weston Foundation	N	
 	Heritage Lottery Fund	N	
 	University of Hull	N	
 	ACE - Strategic Touring Fund	N	

                             

Contact Details

Hunt, Sam		 sam.hunt@hull2017.co.uk default