Yorkshire Sculpture Park

The Park comprises 500 acres of 18th. centure landscape grounds, with a new Visitor Centre and large underground gallery. It is one of Europe's leading open-air sculpture parks, with a changing programme of displays in a range of settings, where visitors may touch, feel and explore works of art. The underpinning ethos is that art has a valuable role to play within human development, and there is a commitment to life-long learning and engagement with groups of all abilities.

There are works by leading names, including Moore, Hepworth, Frink and Caro, with major exhibitions of established artists such as William Turnbull, James Turrell and Anthony Gormley.

For more information about the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and its current exhibitions, see
www.ysp.co.uk

The brief

Yorkshire Sculpture Park were looking for an artist who would develop their creative practice and create new work in response to some aspect of the grounds, outdoor displays, exhibitions or archives.

There was no exhibition requirement, but the artist would be able to display work temporarily in the outdoor environment, or within indoor spaces.

The artist was expected to produce visual material that documented the ideas explored and work created during the residency.

For the first time, a collaborative between two recent graduates, Sam Clayton and Mark Jacobs, was selected. For more about their work to date, see Sam and Mark