Locws international

Locws International is a contemporary arts organisation, based in Swansea, South Wales, UK. They work with British and international artists to create visual responses to aspects of the city’s heritage, landscape and people, most notably through their Locws and Art Across the City events.

Artworks are often temporary and are generally site-specific sculptures, installations, performances or moving image based, cited in accessible public spaces, both indoors and out.

The organisation was originally set up in 1999 by Swansea-based artists David Hastie and Tim Davies. It is an artist-led charity and maintains an on going educational outreach project working in schools in the Swansea area.

Ten artworks remain permanent fixtures including:

Bristow & Lloyd’s Coming Soon mural (2011) was removed when the Bush Inn, High Street was demolished in 2013.

The artists commissioned for Art Across the City which ran from 21 March – 1 June 2015 were: Michael Stumpf, Graham Dolphin, Emily Speed, Colin Priest, David Cushway.

The artists commissioned for Art Across the City which ran from 12 April – 1 June 2014 were: Jon Burgerman, Jeremy Deller, Craig Fisher, Thomas Goddard, Nick Jordan, Jeremy Millar, Lisa Scantlebury, Ross Sinclair, Bob & Roberta Smith, Ultimate Holding Company and writers: Niall Griffiths, Rhian Edwards, Rachel Trezise

The artists commissioned for the Art Across the City 2013 Spring programme were: Pete Fowler, Olaf Breuning, Sinta Tantra, David Long, Philip Cheater. For the Autumn programme were: Jacob Dahlgren, Juneau Projects, Laura Sorvala, Mathew Houlding

The artists commissioned for the Art Across the City event which ran from 29 September – 11 November 2012 were: David Blandy, Jock Mooney, Fiona Curran, David Marchant, Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan, Sean Puleston, Rik Bennett

The artists commissioned for Locws International projects in 2011 were: Simon and Tom Bloor, Bristow & Lloyd, Holly Davie, Alex Duncan, Helen Edling, Mark Folds, Laura Ford, S Mark Gubb, Rhys Himsworth, Maider López, Bedwyr Williams.

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