A live public arts intervention that opens dialogue
about the urban environment, posing the question,
‘How do we experience our city?’
City Running is
– a live arts event exploring the urban environment in an engaging and spontaneous way;
– a means of production, dissemination of ideas, and the exhibition of new work;
– a space for artists to challenge their creative process, open dialogue with artists from other disciplines, and foster collaborative work;
– a place for artist and audience to meet and demystify the creative process.
‘Only risk brings reward.’
Ros Barber, poet
‘This was a truly innovative project which engaged so well with a broad range of artists in the city and showed so well how the arts can connect with a city and its people... Some of the immediate responses to our city at night time were extraordinary and it was good as a viewer to feel part of that creative process.’
Jane McMorrow, Executive Producer, Brighton Festival
‘City Running was an enormously successful project this year in the Brighton Festival, winning the Innovation Award, and building a huge following during the Running period ...The concept has proved really interesting both as a way of experiencing a city, and attracting unconventional audiences, and in providing a unique experience for the artists taking part to make work spontaneously, and then take part in an instant critique.’
Stephanie Fuller, Public Art and Architecture, Arts Council England SE
