Our Work

Haring Woods is an interdisciplinary practice and we bring our different backgrounds, specialties and commitment to all of our work. We are commissioned by public/private sector partners for site specific or local public realm projects. We originate and produce new partnership projects for international research and development, and we devise and produce arts led explorations of contemporary culture.

Central to our methodology is the need to influence and make change in civil society. We ask questions, gather information and speak to the individuals responsible for policy and decision making.

The power of artists and the arts in all disciplines is evident in our partnerships and our projects. Each snapshot below will lead you to project websites with documentation and archive materials >>

International programme influencing climate change policy through arts and culture
Haring Woods' initiative with UN Habitat giving young men and women a collective voice on the issues of climate change, governance and rapid urbanisation through arts and culture.
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Informing change through creative public engagement
Perception AREA devises innovative models of creatively engaging with the public, particularly the hard to reach constituent to inform policy, development, design and use of public realm projects.
NEW: Growing Room, a new PerceptionAREA film >>
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Informing change at the delivery level
The award winning Green Heart Partnership has worked throughout Hertfordshire with local authorities, regional agencies, creative practitioners and developers to devise and manage creative ways of working which can inform change through culture.
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New concept arts initiative

The Art of Common Space is an international arts led initiative which explores the meaning of ‘common space’ in our 21st century society through theoretical and practical investigation.
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New concepts in arts and environment programming

Developed in partnership with Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, the Gunpowder Park 5 year project delivered a series of international arts-led research and development programmes exploring the physical and social aspects of open space.
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Unique research and development initiative
Originating from Gunpowder Park, Bright Sparks is a unique research and development initiative which has produced 11 international arts and design led projects for new ideas about public open space.
NEW: Bright Sparks publications to download >>
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New models of visioning to deliver change

Perception Peterborough brought together over 50 local and regional stakeholders and international creative thinkers to develop new ideas for Peterborough’s growth and development and now informs major planning. More on Perception Peterborough >>

Culture and business strategies
Developed in partnership with Essex County Council, new creative and business plans for Jaywick Martello Tower have provided radical new opportunities for arts and environment initiatives for one of the UK’s most deprived areas.
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