Manchester Council has announced a public review and on-line consultation to focus on statues, monuments, and memorials around the city, reports About Manchester, marking the start of a wider review by the council that will include updating information held.
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… updating the information held on what’s already out there…
… keen to canvas the views of as many members of the public…
About Manchester writes:
It marks the start of a wider review by the council of existing public realm artworks in Manchester that will include updating the information held on what’s already out there, as well as looking at what, where, and how such artworks relating to the city’s history should be displayed.
Feedback from the consultation will also be used to help determine a future approach for the city on the commissioning and subsequent display of public art of this kind.
Lots of people don’t think twice when they pass a public monument or statue, or stroll through a park or square named after an event, a person, or an idea. But recently, who and what is chosen to be in public spaces has become a matter of wide discussion and debate.
In Manchester people proved themselves passionate about Emmeline Pankhurst and the statue erected of her two years ago – the first new statue of a woman in the city since that of Queen Victoria in Piccadilly Gardens.
Nationally and internationally there has been debate about who and what is represented in public spaces, and the need to fairly remember those who are ignored in history.
The council is therefore keen to canvass the views of as many members of the public as possible on what’s in its public spaces and how it gets there – both now and in the future….
To take part in the on-line consultation visit: www.manchester.gov.uk/publicspaces
