Posts Tagged ‘derby’
Q club pod
24th April, 2008
Martin works a lot with a group in Derby -funded and organised by QUAD and Children’s Fund - an after school club for young people in Derby, some of whom are on the autistic spectrum. They make all kinds of things: Animation, sculpture, comics, films, music, photos, games; there will be more here from Q Club soon that’s for sure.
This time, with lots of help from local artists Sophie and Barbara, they built a geodesic, multi-sensory, spaced-out chill-out pod. A space to relax in and be surrounded by sounds, colours, light and textures.
So much happened! -
The whole group of 10 worked together to decorate 40 bamboo triangles with all kinds of reclaimed materials from PARC (an amazing scrap centre). We tried to make the shell translucent, wove lights into the structure, and the next stage saw us filming a coloured light show to be projected onto and through the dome. Have a look at a snippet.
We used the computer to mess around with the colours of floating inks and bottles of oil, glitter, paint and water. The final touches were hand made cushions, a dreamy soundtrack and a lot of effort to put it together.
Finally, on the last day the lights were turned out, the music started up and everyone got a chance to climb in and relax! It was so wonderful to see how everyone did their best to help put this thing together, it was a real team effort, firm friendships were made under the faceted roof.
All of the young people got a DVD of photos music and the full 20 minute(!) liquid light projections to enjoy at home too. If you fancy making your own geodesic dome (who wouldn’t) there are lots of good instructions on the web.
Martin works a lot with a group in Derby -funded and organised by QUAD and Children’s Fund - an after school club for young people in Derby, some of whom are on the autistic spectrum. They make all kinds of things: Animation, sculpture, comics, films, music, photos, games; there will be more here from Q Club soon that’s for sure.
This time, with lots of help from local artists Sophie and Barbara, they built a geodesic, multi-sensory, spaced-out chill-out pod. A space to relax in and be surrounded by sounds, colours, light and textures.
So much happened! -
The whole group of 10 worked together to decorate 40 bamboo triangles with all kinds of reclaimed materials from PARC (an amazing scrap centre). We tried to make the shell translucent, wove lights into the structure, and the next stage saw us filming a coloured light show to be projected onto and through the dome. Have a look at a snippet.
We used the computer to mess around with the colours of floating inks and bottles of oil, glitter, paint and water. The final touches were hand made cushions, a dreamy soundtrack and a lot of effort to put it together.
Finally, on the last day the lights were turned out, the music started up and everyone got a chance to climb in and relax! It was so wonderful to see how everyone did their best to help put this thing together, it was a real team effort, firm friendships were made under the faceted roof.
All of the young people got a DVD of photos music and the full 20 minute(!) liquid light projections to enjoy at home too. If you fancy making your own geodesic dome (who wouldn’t) there are lots of good instructions on the web.
Are we there yet?
16th April, 2008
For three days young people in Derby became animators and film makers, and remembered their experiences of coming to this country as a refugee or asylum seeker.
Light-box drawings, short interviews, and personal images combine to tell a story of their journeys…
The film is now used in schools and training courses in and around Derby and as far away as Australia!
It will also be shown at the Bang! festival, this year, but you can see it here too.
Organised, supported and funded by Derby City Council and Derby City Partnership.
For three days young people in Derby became animators and film makers, and remembered their experiences of coming to this country as a refugee or asylum seeker.
Light-box drawings, short interviews, and personal images combine to tell a story of their journeys…
The film is now used in schools and training courses in and around Derby and as far away as Australia!
It will also be shown at the Bang! festival, this year, but you can see it here too.
Organised, supported and funded by Derby City Council and Derby City Partnership.
Dens
16th April, 2008
A magical time! We spent 6 days (over as many weeks) with pupils at Newtons Walk school building personal dens: Drawing plans and making models; building with bamboo, willow and cloth.
We set up a small village in the school hall, and projected drawings and animations that the children had made to match the shape of thier structures onto the sheer cloth walls. They could live inside their pictures!
After we’d played inside them, slept, invited our friends over for tea, rigged up a telephone network with tin cans and string and generally had a rum old time; amazingly everyone wanted to take their creations home! Greg the headteacher strapped them to a van and drove around derby installing the dens in gardens and bedrooms.
Quad funded and organised the sessions.
A magical time! We spent 6 days (over as many weeks) with pupils at Newtons Walk school building personal dens: Drawing plans and making models; building with bamboo, willow and cloth.
We set up a small village in the school hall, and projected drawings and animations that the children had made to match the shape of thier structures onto the sheer cloth walls. They could live inside their pictures!
After we’d played inside them, slept, invited our friends over for tea, rigged up a telephone network with tin cans and string and generally had a rum old time; amazingly everyone wanted to take their creations home! Greg the headteacher strapped them to a van and drove around derby installing the dens in gardens and bedrooms.
Quad funded and organised the sessions.
Viking Attack
15th April, 2008
Pupils at Newtons Walk school, became Vikings for a day of film making, pillage and fun…
Over six sessions the small group of pupils turned themselves into Viking Warriors, they forged helmets and weapons, made their shields, capes, tunics and belts and built an (almost) lifesize longboat all with recycled cardboard, plastic and a trusty gluegun!
Newtons Walk is a pupil Referal Unit in Derby, and we were working through, and funded by Quad.
Pupils at Newtons Walk school, became Vikings for a day of film making, pillage and fun…
Over six sessions the small group of pupils turned themselves into Viking Warriors, they forged helmets and weapons, made their shields, capes, tunics and belts and built an (almost) lifesize longboat all with recycled cardboard, plastic and a trusty gluegun!
Newtons Walk is a pupil Referal Unit in Derby, and we were working through, and funded by Quad.
