“if you have paid your
debts, and made your will, and
settled all your affairs, and are a free man, then you are ready for a
walk.”
Henry
David Thoreau
Welcome
to our website.
r u r a l r e c r e a t i o n is
a grassroots campaigning body set up to put forward new social visions
of the rural, exploring
what the rural means to people in the countryside, to
people
in the cities, suburbs and subrurs.
We’re
particularly interested in expanding the borders of accessibility,
environmentalism & inclusivity and do so through action
research
projects, both without
and
with authority, community and agency. Follow
the links on this page to find out what we're up to and if
you'd like to get involved please drop us a line.
Wide
Open Space is an initiative of the Dorset Design and Heritage
Forum, curated by Alex Murdin which aims to develop a
programme of strategic public art projects at the
forefront of a new rural cultural agenda. Artists involved include
Michael Pinsky, London Fieldworks, Anna Best, Simon Pirie and
ZMMA architects. Project info here.
A
conference looking at the
contribution of artists, architects and designers to public and private
places
and spaces at a time of radical change for rural counties and their
communities.
Key themes of the conference were: Localism, enabling
community planning and
enhancing housing projects; creating
new,
intergenerational, common spaces in the countryside; enhancing
sensitive
landscapes/roadscapes and relational infrastructure; tourism, heritage
interpretation and public space in market towns and villages.
Contributions from Professor Malcolm Miles, Oliver Letwin MP, Maggie
Bolt, Stephen Ratcliffe - includes Art by Committee gameshow by The
People Speak.
Working with Mike Cox and Nick Childs from Childs Sulzmann,
ruralrecreation was shortlisted for the Structures on the Edge project
with Sun Stages...
reducing, reusing and recycling a finite
geological resource
accessory for the environmentally conscious
walker
new:
Free Sea Life - non-native cafe design
a visit to the oxymoron of sustainable tourism
visit the pikes without pain
Stairway to Heaven, Golf of Ilfracombe...