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A safety demonstration with colorful 3D geometric shapes surrounding the text 'PLACE and SAFETY'. The shapes include rectangular prisms and a ring, with bright colors like green, yellow, blue, and orange.
Logo of Arts Council England supported by public funding, with a hand symbol, the words 'Arts Council England' in a circle, and text indicating it is lottery funded.

Place of Safety

18th - 29th July 2023

La Falaise Shelter, Bath Road, Ventnor.

Place of Safety is a painted installation that explores feelings of safety, shelter and belonging. Situated at La Falaise Shelter in Ventnor, the work has been co-created by the ideas of local communities and culminates in a display of installed painted abstract shapes and lights which invite visitors to walk around, sit inside and take photographs of what they see.

Review here by Tracy Mikitch
Podcast # 1 LISTEN HERE with Simon Perry
Review from Sally Perry here
LISTEN here, guided walk.

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See pictures of white splash here
Children and adults gather around a shiny, reflective metallic box with a red mailbox on it, on a sunny street near the coast.
Reflection of abstract painted designs on glass in a dark room, with a poster on the wall and a window showing a dark sky with distant lights.
Large transparent cylindrical sculpture with red painted swirling lines, set outdoors on a sunny day near a coastal area with houses and ocean in the background.
Part of a building with a blue neon light, a curved railing with green lights, and a view of the ocean in the distance under a cloudy sky.
Child's drawing of a green tent with black and gray accents, and a small red section at the top, on white paper.

Young peoples work here

A teal line drawing of a stylized number 8 with a small dot and a small oval shape. The word "BELONGING" is written below in teal.

Community responses here

A hand-drawn diagram of a sports field with a curved arrangement of lines and markings, including arrows, a dotted circle, and notes about positioning. Handwritten notes say, 'spot not on this plan,' and instructions for a dropped visor facing into the wall with UV protection.

Images of progress