some more links

http://watersideprojectspace.org/

advert

end title says: "if you can imagine it - you can build/do it"
advert for german hardware shop (think b&q)

photos i found iof installations

Other inspiration for installations

Instruments

brilliant blog on the process of creating instruments with reused materials and odds and ends. You can also listen to the sounds the created.

http://www.moonmilk.com/milky/projects/sound-sculpture/instruments/instrument-a-day/

if some of them are easy then we could perhaps do our own take on them?

Twenty For Harper Road Appointment

Katie from Twenty For Harper Road just got back to me. we can see them at 3:30 on Wednesday. what do u guys think. who wants to come along. who can't make it?

Videos

If anyone wants to show videos
theres holes in the walls next to each flat door outside, which i think were used as vents or something.

Since theres no electricity, you could fit an ipod inside to show videos.

Heres one which isnt covered up:

from what i remember, i think its a little low, so maybe a chair should to be in front of it for people to sit down and look at it.

Anita's Visit

Hey guys, here the photos from my camera from thursday.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/puiyingold/sets/72157623807060597/


An idea i was thinking... was to collect all signs on the outside of the building (like below) and put them inside,
either in places you dont expect to see these signs
or to link to jess play theme, have a ball pit with the "no ball games" sign above
and kids bikes with training wheels clamped with "unauthorised vehicles" sign above


there were at least 2 "no ball games" sign around the building. could be something we could play with.

Market Estate Project

just came across this very cool looking project. similar set up. artists responding to the urban environment of an estate. havent checked it all out yet but thought i let u explore it for urselves.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/caledonianpark/sets/72157623578294234/

really recent as well.

Emailing with Twenty For Harper Road

--- On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Patrick Hoelscher wrote:

hey there,
my name is Patrick Hoelscher. I am a student at the London College of Communication which is part of the University of the Arts London. Currently, i am in the second year of my BA in Graphic and Media Design. Our pathway (moving image and interactive) is planning on organizing an exhibition on Harper Road around the start of June. Our course has built up a great relationship with the local tenant association and council through various workshops and projects we hosted in the area. I just came across your facebook and thought I would let you know what we are up to.
Our plan specifically for this exhibition in June is to design and create work that will aide the local community and further nurture our dialogue with the present environment.
I am very intrigued by your space and your projects. could u tell me more about it? would it be alright to come in some time this week for a chat?

many thanks,
Patrick Hoelscher.

--- On Sun, 25/4/10, Twenty For Harper Road wrote:

From: Twenty For Harper Road
Subject: Re: hey guys.
To: "Patrick Hoelscher"
Date: Sunday, 25 April, 2010, 17:49

Hi Patrick,
Thanks for your email, your project sounds really interesting. You'd be very welcome to come down to the space for a chat- the next time we'll be there is Wednesday afternoon. Would that suit you?

If you haven't already, check out our blog and facebook as there are lots of images of what we've been up to. (facebook.com/twentyfor, www.twentyforharperroad.blogspot.com

Regards,
Katie

so what do u guys think. i think Wednesday sounds doable? dunno if we can/shud all go but i guess we can work it out by then?

Harper Road photographs

http://www.flickr.com/photos/49594626@N02/sets/72157623804501573/

edit by pat:
just made ur link clickable. if u ever wanna post a slideshow of images like i did, which i find is quite nice to view images on a blog heres how:
on flickr, go to organize&create in the top menu, go to sets in the top bar. create a new set. add as many images as u like. go back to ur photostream (see top right corner for link back)
click on a set. there shud be a slideshow button next to the share this button (in grey).
u can also make a slideshow of ur entire photostream by the way. once u r viewing the slideshow go to the share option and copy the bottom text for HTML embedding. just past that code into a post here on blogger and the slideshow should show up in preview.

tomorrow

so where, when can we meet up? i could be in uni around 10? maybe go from there? but obv. it would be best if we had a def. plan of what we are going to do n wanna achieve at the end of the day :)

some visual references

check out this set i made from photos i got off the TACTILE book.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24884293@N03/sets/72157623803885649/



it has a few good outdoor installation based pieces in it which mite be interesting for us to look at. especially the CCTV kit i think has a strong social meaning behind it. but then again i also like the wallpapered trees. very nice. theres a similar piece of work that uses lego in much the same way (by Jan Vormann)


*click for more*

i loved mark jenkins stuff for ages. its got something very urban and cold about it. the figures he makes have a very ghostly quality to them and draw people into a surreal narrative in an everyday setting. we could put people back in the aparments. or create a big group of people standing in the courtyard.

what do u guys think? any stuff u came across? please comment :)

check out this new book by Gestalten as well: Urban Interventions

http://www.gestalten.com/books/detail?id=ceafb21a24b0f7bc01253143968200eb#moreinfo

Twenty For

I just saw that patrick had joined this group on facebook, but it's awesome and think they have come up with some really good ideas! (Sorry Pat if you were going to post this).

They are a temporary creative project space operating out of a disused travel- agents in Southwark. Throughout April they will be running free workshops and activities in the space for young people.

http://www.facebook.com/twentyfor

Flickr Photostreams

If you have Flickr account already you can email me or post ur username in the comments and i can add a flickr update box like the one on the right with ur name. if u dont have one yet dont worry. just go over to flickr.com and register. its free! uploading pics is real easy.

this way u can upload new photos and visual inspiration u came across and share it with everyone.

thanks a lot!
pat

Secret Garden

This is the inspiration behind the interactive garden I was talking about,

watch from 3.35:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYZ4I6doX-s

I love the handmade feel of everything in it and elements from this could easily be recreated cheaply and quickly. I also think that it would appeal to the children from the surrounding schools, letting them indulge in something magical getting them off the streets.

what you you think?

Jessica

First Post!

I havent got stable internet at home yet so unfortunately i cant upload heaps amount of photos yet. but i thought i d just quickly write up the notes hannah and i got from bill & bill :)

so their names are Bill Donovan and Bill Scott. They live in number 3 and 4 on lawson estate. number 4 (mr scotts house) was the model flat which was shown to prospective new tenants. their block was the first to be opened from the estate.
they have lived there for (more than) 65 years. Mr Donovan was even born on Harper Road. he has lived his entire life in the area. he says harper road used to be called harper street and before that Union Road (he used to live on union road 145).
they really liked the estate when they first moved in. they had lots of friends who all used to live in the area and who then moved into the estate with them. even some family. it was a community like feel. now they feel alienated by all the unknown faces around them. i think there is two other old people left who are still living there on the estate from when it was built after the war.
-we should find out when it was built, by who, why etc - ?
there used to be a butchers on harper road who used to grow his own kettle. also there was a weird cat meat place which would make little sticks with meat for cats and then post it through peoples doors? yea a bit weird that hehe.
bill and bill often get annoying phone calls from companies/advertising people who want to sell them stuff. annoying for them because they have to pick up every time as it could be important/family. obviously at their age its a real struggle to get up every time and get the phone.
there used to be many more pubs in the area. 7 on harper road alone. Some of the names were The Brighton and The Green One. harper road used to be so narrow that only horses and carriages would be able to pass through.
mr Donavon's dad told him once that the nearby newington gardens used to be called jail park because hangings were carried out there.
the issue with the school children passing through the estate. this has been mentioned as an issue at one of the tenants meeting i attended as well. theres a girls school nearby. bill and bill said the girls often produce a lot of noise when passing through the estate. maybe something to pick up on?

there are some things i have left out, others which i surely forgot. hannah add anything to this post or make a new one if u like!!
of course all of u can upload pictures here or even better on flickr because its better quality. just create an account if u havent got one.

maybe we should note down initial ideas as well:

jess had two ideas. first one being the sound garden idea which i really like. because she mentioned maybe making 'instruments' out of rubbish like glass bottles etc.

then she also said about maybe having a slide or some kind of playground at the exhibtion. thats nice because its positive and interactive i think..

then anita mentioned a piece of opitcal art at the beginning. maybe u can post more stuff relating to that or make a mock up from ur photos? i like the idea because we ve got lots of space, perspectives and angles to play with.

okay so far so good :O