Locws International | Art Across The City

Locws International
Locws International works with international artists to create temporary visual arts projects for public and accessible spaces across the city of Swansea. In each project, place or context is integral to the work and, through the use of a broad variety of locations, Locws International provides a unique platform in which contemporary art can be experienced

Through its innovative programme, Locws International is committed to providing new opportunities for artists and operates within a flexible and supportive framework to enable the production of progressive and dynamic work. Partnerships are key to Locws International events and the organisation strives to collaborate with a broad range of artists, people, venues and businesses to develop and maximize creative opportunities across the city

Locws International was established in 1999 by artists Tim Davies and David Hastie and has to date brought over 40 projects to Swansea

latest:
20.11.08: Parklands Primary Locws Schools Projects
21.10.08: View the Canine Choir on YouTube
06.10.08: Canine Choir concert draws an enthusiastic crowd
06.10.08: Artist brings Swansea seascape back into focus in new exhibition
01.10.08: Swansea art projects launched this Sunday with a 'Canine Choir' concert
29.09.08: Art projects inspired by Swansea prepare to open to the public

Parklands Primary School 'Dog' Choir

locws projects 08
4th - 18th October 2008
As part of Swansea Festival of Music & the Arts

Richard Higlett / Jennie Savage

'A Song for Jack' by Richard Higlett
Experience a ‘canine choir’ at a musical concert to ‘Swansea Jack’. Artist Richard Higlett has taken inspiration from the well-loved story of Swansea Jack, a black retriever who became a local hero in the 1930’s for rescuing drowning swimmers from Swansea’s docks. Richard will audition a selection of dogs from the city to form a ‘canine choir’ to create and perform a new song in celebration of the hero. ‘A Song For Jack’ will then be transcribed into a published piece of music

The ‘canine choir’ will perform a special concert outside the National Waterfront Museum with accompaniment from local musicians. The whole project will be recorded and an exhibition display will be available to see at the National Waterfront Museum throughout the festival

Dates: The concert will be held on Sunday 5 October at 12noon
Exhibition display open throughout the festival, 4 - 18 October, daily 10am - 5pm
Location: National Waterfront Museum, Swansea

For 'A Song For Jack' blog click here

To view the Canine Choir on YouTube click here

'Your Eyes Are A Window (A Soundtrack For The Horizon)' by Jennie Savage
Experience stories from the sea in a specially designed viewing booth in this ‘soundtrack for the horizon’. Inspired by Swansea’s seascape, artist Jennie Savage explores the lure of the horizon and the need to stand at the waters edge and look out to sea. For her Locws International project, to coincide with the Swansea Festival, she aims to explore this cultural phenomenon and references to the sea

Jennie will bring the watery view to life by researching stories about the sea, and the resulting ‘soundtrack’ can be experienced whilst you gaze out into the Swansea bay in a specially designed viewing booth

Dates: Open throughout the festival, 4 - 18 October, daily 10am - 5pm
Location: Outside Central Library at Swansea Civic Centre

LOCWS SCHOOLS
In conjunction with the City and County of Swansea’s Arts in Education Department, Locws Schools sees school students from across Swansea create their own site-specific art projects in response to the artworks displayed in our events

See the latest works created as a response to Locws Projects 2008 within the Locws Schools section of our website. The schools who took part in Locws Schools this year: Daniel James Community School | Parklands Primary School | Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe

Locws Schools is open to all schools in the Swansea area. For more information please contact Administrative Support for the Arts on 01792 562667 or email locws@locwsinternational.com

locws international 4
18th April - 31st May 2009

Locws International continues its biennial programme in 2009 and will present new works by 10 international and Welsh contemporary visual artists in accessible public spaces across the City of Swansea in Locws International 4. The artworks will be responsive to the character, culture, stories, heritage and people of the city and include a cross-section of contemporary art practice from video projections, sound installations and museum interventions to photographic, object and material based works

Locws International 4 will open on 18th April 2009. More details to be announced soon

locws archive
Locws International has staged events in Swansea since 2000. Below are links to all the projects created by the artists

Rhona Byrne / Milena Dopitova / Carwyn Evans / Rebecca Gould / Torsten Lauschmann / Niamh McCann / Sara Rees / Helen Sear / Jaan Toomik / Zoe Walker & Neil Bromwich

Locws 2
7th Sept - 29th Sept 2002

Davide Bertocchi / Enrica Borghi / Angharad Pearce Jones / Brigitte Jurack / Annie Lovejoy / Alice Maher / Paul & Paula / Anthony Shapland / Catriona Stanton / Grace Weir / Daphne Wright

our latest catalogue: locws 3

10 artists, 10 artworks, 10 sites, 76 pages featuring site-specific artworks across the city of Swansea from Locws 3

Colour images of all artworks, texts by Debbie Savage, Tim Davies, David Hastie & Grace Davies

£9.95 + Postage & package
Orders availble by email: locws (at) locwsinternational (dot) com

ISBN 0-9545291-1-1

SUPPORT FROM The Arts Council of Wales \| The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation \| The City & County of Swansea \| The Millennium Stadium Charitable Trust \| Wales Arts International \| Cywaith Cymru - Artworks Wales \| The Henry Moore Foundation \| National Waterfront Museum \| Welsh Assembly Government - SA1 Swansea Waterfront \| Swansea Metropolitan University