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.
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
Hamlet Centre - Session one
We have finally started at the Hamlet Centre, which is brilliant. We have had our first two sessions and all is going well. The first session was on January 17th and we went to visit the Spontaneous City at Cow Tower. This was a lovely trip, the sun was shining and despite it being a bit cold we all managed to walk down the hill to cow tower. The walk and trip gave us all space and time to get to know each other. Together we are a group of about 10. Before going down to cow tower we had made a periscope which we could use to get a different view of the sculpture. Everybody seemed to really like the sculpture and lots of conversation was generated around it.
Monday, 30 January 2012
THE GREAT CLAY MOUND
It was really exciting this week at our Spontaneous Communities workshop as we had a really fantastic turn out. I think we had 10 families along which meant the energy in the room sky rocketed!
Mandy had planned a brilliant session using clay, toys and recycled stuff for the group to play with. A mad metropolis sprung up out of the ground with tubes, funnels, cars and all sorts of creatures all vying for a bit of space in the great clay mound.
For those that found the city life too hectic they took themselves off and built satellite towns. It was like watching medieval town planning in motion. An amazing day to document.
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