- Robert Colbourne
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- Working
- Meshwork Worcester
- 20ft to an Inch
- Network Rail National Centre
- Entwining Lines
- Longton Plots
- Darwin Hall
- Light in Benmore
- Smithfield 1
- Birmingham Coach Station
- Interchange
- Turning Wall
- Springfield Brewery
- Sun Pillars
- AFC Telford United
- Stourport Day Book
- Stourport markers
- Changing Landscapes
- Rea Park
- Rea Crossing
- Green Bridge Feasibility Project
- BryantPriestNewman 10
- Confluence and Mythe
- Landscapainting
- Rd
- At any specific
Robert Colbourne
"The crucial issue is not whether but how an artist enters a space." [Rosalyn Deutsche]
I always see art practice as being part of the story of change, and aim to find the best way I can contribute.
Underpinning everything I do is an initial process of research and on-site survey in the hope that I can reinterpret what I find in an appropriate and useful way. It can mean I look at such things as the history, ecology, geography and geology of a certain place.
It can also mean the area I investigate might be as large as a whole town or even smaller than a metre of path along a cliff edge.
However, I always look for those important resonating details that can build relationships, inform the design process and generally enrich the conversation.
In the past I have collaborated with anyone from architects and urban designers to wildlife experts, archaeologists, historians, geographers, writers and other artists. I always seek out and welcome other kinds of expertise into a project too. This often means engaging with people of all ages who live in, work in or use a 'site' regularly. I believe that working with people is both ethical and an essential part of the process.
My working practice and past experience allow me to undertake a range of approaches to projects and places, whether this means working to briefs, delivering artist led outputs or working within a design team. It can also mean I can work at any stage of the development process