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This application for express consent is for the installation of display boards attached to the existing hoardings on the 'Villiers Site'. This submission is to be read in conjunction with Planning Application for improvements to the Town Square, submitted 05 April 2019.
The proposals include the installation of 2 sets of display boards around the existing hoardings.
The first set is to display artwork and information about the Wallabies Gone Wild initiative (see 05). As part of this event it is proposed that one of the 25 Wallaby statues will be displayed in the square. This will be accompanied by a series of boards displaying artwork and information about the initiative such as images of artists painting the sculptures, schools involvement, highlight social media, icons/tandles, and how the project supports Hospice. These will be positioned in locations around the Town Square and will be in place for the duration of the initiative.
The second set is a set of graphics promoting the IOM TT Races. These will be displayed on the street facing sections of hoarding to the Promenade and Regent Street. The sample designs (right) have been supplied by Peter Jones (supplier of TT brand and design services for the TT & Motorport team). These boards will help to tidy and address the appearance of the wider site. These are to be applied to the existing hoardings, and so are temporary in nature.
The Strategic Plan states that "Our environment is improved by the provision of works of art in public places..." and that "The Department will support the inclusion of such artwork in development proposals... Commissions to locally based artists would be particularly welcome."
As part of the Wallabies Gone Wild public art event, one of the 25 Wallaby statues, decorated by a local artist, will be displayed in the square. The boards that accompany the statue will provide information about the initiative, forming part of the installation.
The Villiers site is within the Douglas Promenades Conservation Area. The proposed TT boards serve to tidy and improve the appearance of the existing hoardings on the site. By improving the appearance of these to the surrounding streets, they help to mitigate any potential adverse impact that the hoardings have on the immediate vicinity (in line with the intent of Environmental Policy 37). These displays are temporary in nature, as part of the hoardings to the site.
They are in line with General Policy 6 (advertisements) in that they will be of a high standard of design and materials, which being set back from the carriageway are located so as not to cause a highway safety hazard.
Wallabies Gone Wild is a mass participation art event organised by Hospice Isle of Man and Wild in Art that will be held in the Isle of Man over 12 weeks from May 24th to mid-September 2019. By a series of 25 wallaby sculptures, each featuring a unique design by an artist, will be laid out across the Isle of Man in the form of a trek.
The event aims to deliver a number of objectives, ultimately generating much-needed funds for Hospice Isle of Man when the wallabies are auctioned off at the conclusion of the event. These objective include:
Wild in Art is one of the leading creative producers of mass-appeal public art events that bring together business and creative sectors with schools and local communities through the creation of city-wide trails of uniquely painted sculptures.
Since 2008, Wild in Art has delivered over 40 events across 4 continents including: London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic massed trails, Go Superlentiananas for Liverpool Capital of Culture '09, Mali in the City as part of Melbourne Zoo's 150th anniversary, the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, plus art trails for Historic Royal Palaces and Penguin Random House.
The 'Svor Group has become one of the two Presenting Partners (along with Stewart Clague Services) for the Wallabies Gone Wild event.
The 'Svor Group and its principal have been very active supporters of Hospice Isle of Man and saw participation in the event as aligning perfectly with its own aims and values, which include a commitment to making a positive community and economic impacts for the Isle of Man.
The Group has an ongoing relationship with Hospice Isle of Man and has been impressed with the very professional approach that has been taken by those responsible in organising the Wallabies Gone Wild event. It has also offered space on its own property in the Town Square, part of the Villiers site, as one of the wallaby sculpture locations and is seen to explore other ways in which the event can help achieve its objectives, for the ultimate benefit of Hospice Isle of Man and the broader Isle of Man community.
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