NEW BRITISH ART

Blue Bell Hangar  is an experimental sculpture which was the result of a collaboration between seven artists of New British Art.

Taking its form from the experimental tetrahedral kites of historical innovator Alexander Graham Bell, the sculpture draws it's meaning from a historic context strongly associated with the birth of man-powered flight and the spirit of experimentation ushered in at the beginning of the 20th Century.

The event opened on the 20th March at the blue bell hangar, near Picketsone at St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales offering an exciting opportunity to view a large scale sculpture in a monumental space. The sculpture was then moved to Cilyrynys in Porthyrhyd, Carmarthenshire and an experimental attempt to fly it was made by the artists a year later in March 2011.

The project will be documented by award winning filmmaker John Minton, leaving a record of the object's existence and its passing. The resulting film and a publication with writings, drawings and other images will follow.

The artists involved in this project are Rachel Bennett, Dallas Collins, Mark Halliday, Luke Mintowt-Czyz, Caroline Taylor, Becky Whitmore and Gareth Williams.

This project has been made possible through a Stiwdio Safle award. The Stiwdio Safle scheme is made possible with the financial assistance of the Arts Council of Wales.

New British Art acknowledge the kind help of the Welsh Government which allowed free use of the hangar, staff of the Ministry of Defence for their kind co-operation, Airborne Systems for supplying some of the materials for the project and CFAR for additional funding towards the publication.