A PROPOSAL to tow an iceberg from the Arctic Circle to Dublin Bay is just one of the 90 proposals which have come in for the first Nissan Art Project. A number of Dublin locations will be commandeered in mid June for temporary visual art installations, which should liven up Summer in the city.
Among the other temporary art projects which are competing for a chance to grace our environment are neon signs featuring extracts from Joyce's Molly Bloom soliloquy by the British artist, Andrew Stones, a large scale light projection work by American artist, Jim Sandborn - "possibly" teases the press release "featuring a major public building" - and a series of mobile "walls of sound" at busy city intersections by Irish born artist, William Furlong.
The major competition, details of which were announced by Nissan and the Irish Museum of Modern Art last year, is open to Irish artists working here or abroad, and foreign artists with a "defined involvement with Ireland" - about 30 such candidates have presented themselves this year. It will be judged by Sandra Percival, Director of the' Public Art Development Trust, the Japanese curator and critic, Fumio Nanjo, Dr. Ciaran Benson, Chair of the Arts Council, and Jim Barrett, Dublin City Architect. The panel is chaired by Declan Mc Gonagle, director of IMMA, and a final selection will be made late next month.
