Artist Call Out: The Damerham Telephone Box

Creative Lives in Progress; Brockenhurst; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Lives in Progress invites artists to propose temporary installations for a phone box in Damerham, Hampshire. This community project emphasizes artworks that reflect local culture and invite viewer interaction, with a commission fee of £2,000 for selected artists. Opportunities for community engagement and sustainability in the artworks are encouraged.

Qualifications

• Open to all artists, working individually or collaboratively.
• Experience in community-focused projects is beneficial.
• Ability to incorporate sustainability into artworks.

Responsibilities

• Develop temporary installations displayed in the Damerham phone box.
• Ensure artworks reflect a sense of 'place' and engage the community.
• Manage all aspects related to construction, materials, and installation.

Skills

Community Engagement

Sustainability Considerations

Viewer Interaction

Job description

Similar to Trafalgar Square’sFourth Plinth, this opportunity invites three artists (or artist collectives) to develop temporary installations to be displayedin the phone box between July 2025 and March 2026.The three works will be selected by theDamerhamcommunity andshouldreflect a sense of ‘place’.

Please see the full brief for Project Timelines, including dates for the three exhibition periods.

Who Can Apply

This opportunity is open to all artists, working individually or collaboratively, in any medium (please note that the phone box has no electricity, so any digital/electronic works must include their own power source). We welcome applications from artists of all backgrounds and lived experiences. If you have any access needs, please let us know how we can support you.

Key Project Details

• Location: Damerham, Hampshire, SP6 3HD.To find out a little bit more aboutDamerhamifyou are not a local, go to theDamerhamCommunity Websiteand theTown and Village Guide.
• Community Selection:Each of the three works will be chosen by a selection panel of community representativesandwill be selectedbased on artistic quality, relevance toDamerham’ssense of place, potential for community involvement, and feasibility within the available budget and practical constraints.
• Community Engagement:Though not essential, artworks developedinvolvingsome form of community engagementare welcomed,for instance through workshopswith targeted groups, oralhistory collection, community walks,pop-up sessions or similar.OurDamerhamproject manager canassistwith linking artists to local groups.
• Viewer Interaction:Wewelcomesubmissions for works that invite some form of viewer interactionand encourage longer viewing, for instance a crank handle to create power, levers to move elements,responsive digital creations,listening postsor similar.
• Sustainable and seasonal:We welcomeartists that have consideredsustainability and/orartworksthat involve a seasonal element.
• Commissioned by:This project is delivered as a partnership between Culture in Common, Arts Council England’s Creative People and Places project for the New Forest, and Damerham Parish Council.
• The fee for each of the three commissions is£2,000.This fee isto cover R&D, community engagement, construction, materials, transport, accommodation, and installation costs.

Read the full brief here: Artist Call Out – Damerham Telephone Box