Situation Leeds: Contemporary Artists and the Public Realm : May 05/07

Situation Leeds 07 focused on contemporary visual art and the public realm, with the aim of raising the profile of and strengthening the infrastructure for individual artists living and working in Leeds, and continuing to develop an audience for contemporary art within the city.

This years festival took place between 14 May - 27 May it had over 76 projects taking place in numerous venues and sites across the city, alongside an extensive programme of educational activity, critical debate, seminars, talks, and networking opportunities accessible by the public as well as all the artists involved.

To view information about this years projects please go the the project section of this site.

All the projects taking part in the festival, were selected from an open submission on the basis of the following criteria:

• Art in the public realm has at its core an inextricable relationship with its site, its audience or its social context at a given moment in time.
• Art in the public realm contributes to critical dialogues and debates regarding all the above.
• Art in the public realm can be spectacular, discreet or hidden and can exist in permanent, temporary, ephemeral or intangible forms.

At Situation Leeds we regard the definitions of art in the public realm not as fixed in stone, but as fluid, changing dialogues that seek to engage with a range of propositions.