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THE DRAINAGE (PROJECT IN WEXFORD) 2006

Information about the developments of the Wexford Main Drainage Scheme Per Cent of Art Commission 2006

The Wexford Borough council organised a public art commission for the creation of a site specific outdoor sculpture in Wexford with a total budget of 125,000.00 euro.
On 13/10/2006 “The Drainage”, a project of Marco Dessardo was selected by the independent selection panel.
On 12/12/2006 Wexford Borough Council decided “not to proceed” with The Drainage project without any official explanation, in contradiction with the edited rules.


List of documents for more information:

1)  “The Drainage project” view of the selected project as a "html" file (light)
2)  “The Drainage project” view of the selected project as a ".doc" file (heavy to download, better quality)
3)  the letter presenting “The Drainage” project
4)  the letter by the Wexford County Council of official selection by the Selection Panel 13/10/2006
5)  an excerpt of the rules of the commission edited by the Wexford County Council
6)  the artist brief, the complete rules of the first stage commission edited by the Wexford County Council
7)  the artist brief, the complete rules of the second stage commission edited by the Wexford County Council
8)  the general national guidelines for the per cent art scheme in Ireland
9)  “The Wexford Monument” a small video movie realised around The Drainage project
10)  article of Maria Pepper from the “Wexford People” newspaper 12/12/2006
11)  article of Maria Pepper from the “Wexford People” newspaper 13/12/2006
12)  article of Maria Pepper from the “Wexford People” newspaper 13/12/2006
13)  article of Patrick O'Connell from the “The Echo” newspaper 13/12/2006
14)  article of Patrick O'Connell from the “The Echo” newspaper 20/12/2006
15)  the letter of the Wexford Borough Council of 12 December 2006 deciding "not to proceed with The Drainage project", received the 15/12/2006
16)  a discussion about "The Drainage" on Archiseek's forum
17)  a new competition for the Quay Front is open, an article published by Maria Pepper in Wexford Poeple 07/03/2007
18)  "The wexford Quays commission saga" (first page) and "The wexford Quays commission saga" (second page) in PDF format of a complete article published by Jason Oakley in The Visual Artists' News Sheet
19)  "The wexford Quays commission saga" html format of the article in The Visual Artists' News Sheet published by Jason Oakley in the March-April 2007 issue
20)  the first page and the second page in PDF format of article from "The Sunday Times" (Ireland) published published by John Burns the 18/03/2007
21)  article of Patrick O'Connell from the “The Echo” newspaper 28/03/2007
22)  dessardo's main web site