Thanks to the Creative Foundation for lending the Folkestonmy Float to us on a long term basis to start roamig in Hackney Wick, East London. I went down to Folkestone on a sunny Friday afternoon before Easter to check it out. It was parked up in the same spot we left it in 3 years ago slightly dusty and with empty batteries.
A perfect start to Wick on Wheels....
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
public works is contributing with the Folkestonomy project to a new book on
mapping and maps:
"Atlas. Geography, Architecture and Change in an Interdependent
World", edited by Melissa Butcher, Nigel Clark, Joe Smith,
Renata Tyszczukpublished by Blackdog Publishing.
To see the web-version click here.
We are invited by Meike Schalk who works at the School of Architecture & the Built Environment in Stockholm, and is part of the Fatale initiative there, to give a presentation, workshop and take part in informal discussions. The presentation will be part of a one day conference on March 7th on the "Miljonprogrammet" - a large scale housing development in Sweden between1965 and 1975. public works will be talking about local cultural projects and their spatial manifestations.
"Miljonprogrammet – the city of the future" is organised by Spridd / Småstugebyrån / KTH / Delegation for Sustainable Cities / Färgfabriken.
It will be live broadcast on http://www.livestream.com/kthlive.
St Matthews Primary School in Cambridge is currently undergoing an ambitious regeneration programme to cater for increasing numbers of young people wanting to attend the school. public works together with Cambridge based performing arts company 30 Bird Productions and Dr. Luke Skinner, research fellow at the Royal Society University are working with the school on MUD a project which tries to capture the moments of this recent development and unearth the heritage of the school and local area to be celebrated by future generations of staff, pupils and the wider community.
The project will collect oral stories and memories that go beyond the school itself, which will travel through the city of Cambridge and beyond. We want to hear from present and former pupils, teaching and non-teaching staff and the local community. We need your memories and stories, people's photographs, objects and anything that contributes to a history of the school and immediate area. This will translate into a fantastic resource for the school and the local area.'
Head teacher Tony Davies call for people's involvement
Committee of lost memories cafe - West Bromwich - Birmingham
Showing the film 39 steps, leading lady West Bromwich born and Bred Madeline Carol
Cafe was set up last week ........
Torange from public works has been collaborating with Katy Beinart as described in previous post.
Black Country Living Museum
Katy visited the museum and photographed various relevant items.
She talked to the people running 'shops' including the bakery,
confectioners, pub and homes. This was useful to find out what the
traditional cakes and bread would have been so we make them for the
cafe. Katy also met with the education officer who was really keen
to be involved in some way and was going to check budgets and
timings and get back to us.
Sandwell Farm Museum
Katy visited the museum and spoke with John Stokes, who is an
archivist and historian, based there, and also responsible for
natural history of the area. He was very interested in hearing
about the project and in finding out more about the history of
Charlemont. He also said he could do a talk as part of the shop
programme. He has since been in touch with further information
about the history of the area.
For more updates also check
http://www.multistory.org.uk/blog/program-for-the-shop/ and
http://www.multistory.org.uk/blog/making-progress-in-charlemont/
public works in collaboration with Katy Beinart
first community meeting wednesday 18th Jan at 4pm
We are proposing a pop-up shop and cafe in Charlemont's row of shops, which will take place over 2 weeks in February 2012. Leading on from our previous research, the shop would have multiple functions including: an archive space for collecting and displaying artefacts and memories about the estate; holding classes and activities for adults which reflect the lost trades and knowledge of the community (and providing a space for 'local experts'; holding games nights to re-enact lost games; and generating funds through a cafe which people can then pitch for to make small local projects happen.
Flower arranging
Butcher – how to use cuts of meat and sausage making
cheese-making
bread-making
Barry – wildlife talk
using locally grown produce
re-enacting old games
other artists working in the area/with particular skills
We will design the space and furniture using reclaimed and locally sourced furniture and objects, with help from student or local volunteers.
public works is invited to take part in a workshop in the suburb of Copenhagen - as part of the preparation for a local festival in summer 2012.
Tingbjerg is a multicultural community and suburb in the
north-west part of Copenhagen. It is a small village and a
meltingpot of human experiences from all over the world meeting
Danish inhabitants in a condensed housing area builded in the 50's
as an ideal social housing project in a beautiful surrounding
landscape with approximately 6000 inhabitants.
Today, a stigmatized (and failed) version of the multicultural
society. At the same time Tingbjerg functions as a test site for
the multicultural society in its most condensed version. What we
learn in places like Tingbjerg will probably guide the future
decisionmaking of the Danish Welfare State e.g. Tingbjerg is
generally surrounded by a distorted, fear-based, prejudicial
mediation driven by ghetto terms with a public and political focus
on conflicts.
VISIT TINGBJERG – A COMMUNITY ART FESTIVAL
That's what VISIT TINGBJERG wants to discuss through an extensive
presentation of different experiences, images and stories based on
new recognitions fostered by a group of twenty contemporary artists
working in this public, socio-political art field. The title VISIT
TINGBJERG refers strongly to the Danish Official Travel Guide,
Visitdenmark (www.visitdenmark.com) and
VisitCopenhagen (www.visitcopenhagen.dk) –
official guides that focus on the good stories, the spectacular
sites, the prosporus city, the luxurious experiences. When you
arrive in the Copenhagen Airport the signs simply proclaim:
"Welcome to the land of luxury and passion".
Organised by Matthias Hvass Borello and Kenneth A. Balfelt
