July 2021; Temporary artwork installed to Guildhall Square, Southampton. The artwork is based on a pixellated version of architectural features of the Guildhall facade. The square foil stickers are reminiscent of COVID-19 social distancing measures but are being used a create an urban rug to host the 'Summer Lounge' event at the end of social distancing restrictions. This project is in collaboration with Studio B.a.d Architects and Go! Southampton and includes an urban sandpit, planters and outdoor seating.
March 2021; Temporary artwork to newly pedestrianised area of Southampton currently being installed. The street painting runs 130m along the Carlton Place and encourages pedestrians to interact more with the road. The gridded markings reference vehicular markings and are only partially infilled to allow future collaboration with schools and other groups as an ongoing process. It is envisaged that this is part of a wider scheme with seating, tables and other visual devices to animate the street. This project is in collaboration with Studio B.a.d Architects and Go! Southampton.
September 2020; Commission to develop ways to make social spaces kinder following COVID-19 social distancing measures now available to download below and more information online; https://peopleunited.org.uk/2020/09/kind-places-and-spaces-amanda-moore-social-space/
August 2020; Selected by People United to participate in their Kind Places commission and develop ways to make social spaces kinder following COVID-19 social distancing measures. peopleunited.org.uk/2020/07/kind-places-spaces-announcing-creative-ideas/
October 2019; Selecting stone for sculptural commission work at Shore Road, Poole. Testing a boulder group at Suttles Quarry using a digger and selecting a tall stone to be split in half on the saw and oriented with the gap facing Old Harry Rocks.
June 2019; Photos of the Black Down Stone Circle sculpture during the summer solstice. Photos courtesy of Dorset AONB.
June 2019; Artist appointment by BCP Council to produce refurbishment design intent for existing shelters at Highcliffe, Dorset. Improvements include repainted metalwork, shaped CNC cut timber seating, new surface to concrete plinth and some landscape improvements.
December 2018: film commissioned for South Dorset Ridgeway Landscape Partnership in relation to the Black Down Stone Circle sculpture - https://jamesharrisonproductions.co.uk/south-dorset-ridgeway-feature
Planning approval given for Shore Road Promenade upgrade www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/16957539.plans-to-improve-shore-road-promenade-are-approved/
September 2018: Opening Ceremony for the Black Down Stone Circle and welcome area on a very foggy day.
September 2018: Opening of ArtVaults: Live 2018 at Canute's Palace, Southampton. The installation forms the backdrop to the month of events below.
August 2018: Installation of ArtVaults: Live 2018 at Canute's Palace, Southampton in progress. This installation involves hanging 1000 bottles of water from the Solent inside the ruin as the backdrop to a month of events organised by A Space Arts throughout September, aspacearts.org.uk/news/artvaults-live-programme-confirmed. Canute was famed for having demonstrated that no man can manipulated the tide ...
July 2018 - Arts Development Company Press Release for Black Down Welcome Area and Orientation Point: http://theartsdevelopmentcompany.org.uk/what-we-do/placemaking/black-down-stone-circle/
June 2018 - Dorset Coastal Connections: Commission to design two public beach front areas for Poole, competition awarded 2018. Public Consultation June 14th 2018 - https://seafront.pooleprojects.net/shore-road/.
