Colchester Inn is a project about hosting and welcoming in Colchester, initiated by the art and architecture collective public works, and commissioned by firstsite.
Since 2009 public works have collaborated with seven different community and interest groups, exploring their specific traditions of hosting and welcoming. At the end of March the results will come together, through a temporary exhibition and series of events.
Wednesday 28th March 2012, 18.00
Whose Plaza is it anyway
To launch Colchester Inn – All Together Now firstsite will be
hosting a public discussion about the use of public spaces and its
multiple users, using firstsite’s plaza as an example. Speakers are
Judith Merritt (firstsite), Cany Ash (Ash Sakula Architects), Marc
De'ath (Creative Co-op), Kathrin Böhm and Andreas Lang (public
works), Harry Wilson (Ramprage) and Howard Davies (Colchester
Borough Council).
Thursday 29th March 2012, 10am – 7pm
We need more Knick Knacks, Mosaic Space
Add your knick knacks to the KNICK KNACK CLOUD. Caroline Rhys-Lewis
and Sheila Madder from the 3D design students’ group will be
available all day to collect your knick knacks and their
stories.
Thursday 29th March 2012, 15.30 pm -
16.30
Everyone’s rail
Free skateboard lessons* and demonstration,
*for those who have never been on a skateboard before
Thursday 29th March 2012 4.30pm – 5.15 pm
Skate Culture, Mosaic Space
Films programme selected by Jonny Antrobus
Friday 30th March 2012, 3pm – 4.40 pm
Public Tea Party Instant Cakes
Fresh cakes from the Public Tea Party clay oven, Mosaic Space
Watch and learn how to make simple cakes in no time with Glynis
Brown.
Friday 30th March 2012, 6pm – 7.30pm
Pub Talk, Mosaic Space
A talk by Jess Jephcott, author of The Inns, Taverns and Pubs
of Colchester,
about how pubs got shaped by legislation
Saturday 31st March 2012, 11am – 1pm
Cross Stitch!
Drop-in embroidery session with the Colne & Colchester
Embroiderers Guild
Saturday 31st March 2012, 3pm
Public Tea Party, Mosaic Space
Bring your favourite cake along and sample some special cakes from
the clay oven.
Sunday 1st April 2012, 12 – 4pm
Various Demonstrations, Mosaic Space
You need more than can be eaten
Learn how to make Chinese dumplings with the Colchester Chinese
Cultural Society
Choose a local time
Watch how to make a cardboard clock with members of the Colchester
Time Bank
Doily Boards
Design and make your own doily board.
Sunday 1st April 2012, 3.30pm
Everyone’s rail
Free skateboard lessons* and demonstration,
*for those who have never been on a skateboard before
Sunday 1st April 2012, 4.30pm
Skate Culture, Mosaic Space
Film programme, selected by Jonny Antrobus
