Session two at the Hamlet Centre was on Jan 31st. We started by looking over the photos of the sculpture that we had taken from the trip and used this as inspiration for our own Spontaneous City.
Armed with four toasters, a tin of pastry cutters and five loaves of bread we got going. First we cut lots of holes in the bread and then we got toasting. Once the bread was toasted we then pinned and cable tied them together to make little bird houses. The room smelled amazing and lots of people from around the centre kept popping in to see what the smell was. Once we had made lots of individual houses we then decided on a shape for the sculpture and then set about wiring these together. Outside the room we were in was the perfect tree, so we all went outside and wired the sculpture into the tree to make our own Spontaneous City. This sculpture is, as we speak, living in the tree. Everyday the group at the Hamlet Centre will have been taking photos of the sculpture to see how it has changed over the two weeks since our visit. I can't wait to see how it has evolved/decayed, especially in the snow.
'Spontaneous Communities' is an ambitious engagement programme for Norfolk & Norwich Festival. Five community groups will collaborate through the year with regional artists to research ideas, concerns and questions triggered by the Spontaneous City sculptures at NNF11, then they'll create new work for NNF12. Created by artists London Fieldworks and sited at Eaton Park, Waterloo Park and Cow Tower in Norwich, the sculptures draw on the ecology and biodiversity of their settings.
can't wait to see the photos, it sounds fascinating!
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