We are seeking creative submissions for three temporary installations in a disused, iconic K6 telephone box in the village of Damerham in the New Forest, transforming it into a vibrant art space that engages both locals and visitors.
Similar to Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth, this opportunity invites three artists (or artist collectives) to develop temporary installations to be displayed in the phone box between July 2025 and March 2026. The three works will be selected by the Damerham community and should reflect a sense of ‘place’.
Please see the full brief for Project Timelines, including dates for the three exhibition periods.
Who Can Apply
This opportunity is open to all artists, working individually or collaboratively, in any medium (please note that the phone box has no electricity, so any digital/electronic works must include their own power source). We welcome applications from artists of all backgrounds and lived experiences. If you have any access needs, please let us know how we can support you.
Key Project Details
- Location: Damerham, Hampshire, SP6 3HD. To find out a little bit more about Damerham if you are not a local, go to the Damerham Community Website and the Town and Village Guide.
- Community Selection: Each of the three works will be chosen by a selection panel of community representatives and will be selected based on artistic quality, relevance to Damerham’s sense of place, potential for community involvement, and feasibility within the available budget and practical constraints.
- Community Engagement: Though not essential, artworks developed involving some form of community engagement are welcomed, for instance through workshops with targeted groups, oral history collection, community walks, pop-up sessions or similar. Our Damerham project manager can assist with linking artists to local groups.
- Viewer Interaction: We welcome submissions for works that invite some form of viewer interaction and encourage longer viewing, for instance a crank handle to create power, levers to move elements, responsive digital creations, listening posts or similar.
- Sustainable and seasonal: We welcome artists that have considered sustainability and/or artworks that involve a seasonal element.
- Commissioned by: This project is delivered as a partnership between Culture in Common, Arts Council England’s Creative People and Places project for the New Forest, and Damerham Parish Council.
- The fee for each of the three commissions is £2,000. This fee is to cover R&D, community engagement, construction, materials, transport, accommodation, and installation costs.
Read the full brief here: Artist Call Out – Damerham Telephone Box
How to Apply
Expression of Interest Submission
Proposals to be submitted to [email protected] by 5pm on Friday 4 July 2025.
Please submit:
- A brief description of proposed work, its construction processes and materials, plans for how you will engage the community in the creation of the work and how it will invite viewer interaction (max. 500 words)
- Visual concept (sketches or digital renderings)
- A short biography or CV with examples of previous work (max. 200 words)
- An indication of which exhibition period you are applying for. You may submit more than one proposal if you have ideas suited to different seasons or times of year.
For inquiries, please email Pete Doherty [email protected] Tel: 07778 340110
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