Barnsley Libraries

Arts Council England; Barnsley; Hybrid; GBP 2,700 - 3,300; Full time

Job summary

Arts Council England seeks an artist or artists to create an interactive installation exploring the digital age for Barnsley residents. The work will tour Barnsley libraries and must engage with local communities, drawing on lived experiences of the area.

The commission of £3,000 covers planning, expenses, evaluation and is exclusive of VAT. Preference is for individuals living or working in Barnsley and surrounding Yorkshire.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualise and deliver an interactive installation that can be stationed unmanned within library spaces and suitable for touring across the borough.

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking an artist to work with Barnsley residents to create an interactive installation exploring the digital age. The installation is to be toured around Barnsley libraries branches. We are offering one commission of £3,000 (inclusive of planning, expenses, evaluation and exclusive of VAT)

Job Description

We are looking to commission an artist/artists to bring an interactive experience to Barnsley libraries. The chosen artist(s) would interact closely with the community and draw from their lived experiences of Barnsley in a digital age, this could be through workshops, interviews or activities.

The final piece would need to be a standalone interactive installation, that showcases libraries as modern and technologically literate community spaces. The installation could be analogue or digital and needs to be suitable for touring around our library branches, all of which have differing spatial requirements.

We are offering one commission of £3,000 (inclusive of planning, expenses, evaluation and exclusive of VAT)

We're particularly interested in hearing from artists who live or work in Barnsley and the surrounding Yorkshire region.

Job Requirements

To create an interactive installation (analogue or digital) exploring the digital age, informed by lived experiences of Barnsley residents. The final piece must be able to be stationed unmanned across a variety of library spaces within the borough.

Job Responsibilities

What you'll do:

Conceptualise and deliver an interactive experience that can be stationed, unmanned, within our library spaces and is suitable for touring across the borough.

Collaborate with the Barnsley Libraries team to devise a suitable method of evaluation for the project and journaling/documenting of any shared learning, this will include at least one meeting which can be held virtually.

Complete an artist evaluation survey at the end of the project to let us know how we can improve our commission process for artists.

What we'll do:

Support the project with room bookings and logistics at the Library.

Support you to contact Library groups and local communities.

Collaborate in the evaluation process (we already have some methods of evaluation, but we are interested to hear any creative evaluation method you may have).

• Job Title: Digital Age Interactive Creative Commission

Proposals should include the following:

An overview of your idea including:

What form your project will take (eg. How the final interactive installation will be conceptualised - via workshops, interviews or multiple methods)

How your proposal will champion libraries as modern and technologically literate community spaces

How your project is accessible and inclusive

How you will work with us to evaluate the project

A simple budget breakdown, including a day rate and amount of days delivery

Confirmation you hold public liability insurance with a minimum level of cover of £5m

Accessibility is important to us. If we can support you to apply, please get in touch.

Our libraries are a welcoming hub for the community where you can meet, learn, discover and access services. Whether you want to get online, join in with activities and events, borrow a book or need somewhere to study, you're sure to find something for you.