| Bringing about creative change in Pan was based around the following 5 key shifts:
- Social mapping to recognise, capture and discover what the area means to the people
- To establish a design code and principles to improve the physical environment
- To counter anti-social behaviour
- To change the perception of Pan in the wider context
- To build confidence and self-esteem in the community
Coordinating artists Ben Coode-Adams and Gerry Wall have approached these goals through a series of innovative projects that served in particular to address perceptions of Pan and to record residents’ feelings towards Pan. Pan World News for example enabled 100 Year 5 and 6 students from a local middle school to express their ideas about the area through a publication that received island-wide distribution alongside the County Press.
Another project – Pan Chromatic – involved the team working in conjunction with local youngsters to develop a colour palette that might inform the final design proposals for the Pan estate. Pan Chromatic produced some highly creative results and was displayed in the Hockney Gallery at the Royal College of Art, London. Art at the Centre on the Isle of Wight also considered the feasibility of creating a physical space – Pan Pod – that would use temporary, modular buildings to harness community interest and provide exhibition space.
More recently Art at the Centre on the Isle of Wight has supported the Growing Spaces project – which offered 50 houses on Pan, including those without their own garden - everything they need to grow fresh produce. This scheme has been supported by visiting community chefs, a garden market where the produce can be sold and ‘soup and a roll’ days, and will culminate with a Harvest Festival in October. |
