Deckchairs on the sea front. Photo: Claire Doherty

Wonders of Weston

Bristol-based public art commissioners Situations and Field Art Projects have been commissioned to produce six new public artworks for the seaside town of Weston-super-Mare in North Somerset. Launching in October 2010, Wonders of Weston will feature artworks by six internationally renowned contemporary artists: Ruth Claxton, Tim Etchells, Lara Favaretto, Tania Kovats in association with landscape architects Grant Associates, raumlaborberlin and Wrights & Sites.

Responding to the changing fortunes of the British seaside town since the decline and rise again of the British seaside holiday, each of the artists has developed an artwork which will create a new talking point or meeting place for North Somerset’s primary resort.

Alongside the six new artworks, we are seeking nominations for the Seventh Wonder of Weston. Will it be the derelict Birnbeck Pier or the newly rebuilt Grand Pier; the best fish and chips in the South West; a special place from which to contemplate the Bristol Channel, or even a neighbour's garden gnome? To nominate your Seventh 'Wonder of Weston' and find out more about the programme click here.


Situations and Field Art Projects were selected by North Somerset Council to co-curate a series of commissions as part of the Sea Change public art programme for Weston-super-Mare funded by CABE (Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment).

For further information about the Sea Change initiative click here