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Deadline Monday 21 September 2015
Deadline Time: 5pm
Deadline Time: 5pm
Budget 15k all inclusive
Artist’s Brief: Organ Donation Artwork, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust
Public art commission: a call to artists
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust is looking to commission an artist to create a permanent installation celebrating the life-changing gift of organ and tissue donation.
Background
Organ transplantation is one of medicine’s great success stories, transforming thousands of lives each year. And yet, tragically, on average 3 people a day die in the UK because not enough organs are available.
Currently in the UK there is approximately 7,000 patients on the National Transplant Waiting list in need of the following organs; kidney, liver, heart, lungs, pancreas or a combination.
Thanks to the generosity of 1,281 donors In the UK between 1 April 2014 and 31 March 2015 the following was possible:
· - 3,341 organ transplants were carried out,
· - 2,105 patients' lives were dramatically improved by a kidney or pancreas transplant, 173 of whom received a combined kidney/pancreas transplant.
· - 180 patients received a heart transplant
· - 185 patients received a lung transplant
· - 829 patients received a liver transplant
Organ donation occurs at a time of great emotional distress. But by donating organs after death, brings comfort to the families of the donors and the lives of desperately ill people can be saved, helped and transformed.
Organ Donation at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust
Currently within Gloucestershire there are 118 patients in need of an organ transplant and these patients are the ones that are able to be on the waiting list, many don’t survive to be listed.
Currently within Gloucestershire there are 118 patients in need of an organ transplant and these patients are the ones that are able to be on the waiting list, many don’t survive to be listed.
During 2014-2015 a total of 43 Gloucestershire patients received life saving organ transplants. A further 76 patients within the local area received sight saving surgery using donated eye tissue.
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust is keen to recognise organ donations as the last and perhaps greatest gift given by patient’s families as well as highlighting Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trustspecialist organ donor services. Last year, 22 patients in the UK received a life saving organ tranplant as a direct result of the kindness and aulteristic gifts given by Gloucestershire families.
The Gift of Life
This will be a high profile, large-scale art installation suspended in the aerial void of the Atrium of the main entrance at Gloucester Royal Hospital. The site-specific piece will be a way of recognising and thanking all the organ and tissue donors and their families for their extraordinary gifts. As well as being an aesthetically absorbing and engaging piece — to be enjoyed by patients, staff and visitors — in its own right, it also needs to be a point of interest that raises awareness of the value of donation.
Technical specifications
As the commission is to conceive, create and install a large-scale suspended installation in a busy public space, health and safety is an important consideration. Thought will need to be given to the weight of the materials and the way in which the piece will be anchored, as will any ongoing cleaning and maintenance. To be selected, you will, therefore, need to demonstrate your technical proficiency, experience and an understanding of what is achievable within the fixed budget.
The finished piece could also extend up the wall as well as being suspended using the height of the space to good effect. It is important that the message ‘The Gift of Life’ is integrated into the art piece.
Budget - £15,000
This budget is fixed and will need to cover everything, from patient and staff consultations, design, development and build/fabrication, through to transport and installation.
Expression of interest
At this stage, we are looking for an expression of interest that includes:
- A brief covering letter telling us why you should be considered
- A draft concept and brief overview of your approach to the commission, no more than one side of A4,
- Examples of previous work
- A current CV
Please email these to: niki.whitfield@glos.nhs.uk
The closing date for submissions is 21 September 2015
We will forward a full brief, with a proposed schedule and interview dates to all short-listed artists by Mid October.
The installation is planned for completion in March 2016.
Reference material:
Links to organ donation pages
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