Out of nothing a huge city rises up. So tall is the building that it, quite literally, touches the sky. Built on wide foundations the tower reaches upwards to a point. This is a crazy metropolis where creatures inhabit small spaces piled on top of one another, food and bedding cascade down the sides and the tops are lit with torches to warn low flying vehicles of its presence. The beginnings of this structure encountered a few surprise demolitions but our group overcame these and worked as a team to create the tower you see before you. This is a work in progress......
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These photos, taken earlier in the week, are from a session led by Mandy Roberts and myself. Again we used music and singing to create a playful safe space for the participants to then go on to explore the objects and materials.
This group was really interesting to document as each of the responses were very individual. One boy was immediately engaged in the boxes as a house and had a washing machine, bedroom and living room. He adorned and decorated his space and used it for imaginative play which involved doing an awful lot of laundry! Another child created a "monster truck" and another happily played with the materials; popping bubble wrap, stacking cotton reels etc with no intention of "making something". As these sessions continue it is fascinating to observe children and adults playing with materials with no fixed ideas of outcome. I was in Norwich today working with Mandy Roberts on the Spontaneous Communities project. Numbers have been very low previously, so we were a bit worried before the session started that we might be there by ourselves! But we had our most yet! 5 families came and joined us for music, play, exploration and creativity.
The fairly drab room was transformed into a magical woodland with sticks and branches, an OHP for shadow play and a huge pile of dried leaves in the middle. Things were hidden, leaves were thrown, trees were created and decorated. It was magic. There will be photos to follow and a link to the blog entry for "Spontaneous Communities." Here is the next instalment from the Spontaneous Communities blog. This project is ongoing work with Norfolk and Norwich Festival and Bowthorpe and West Norwich Sure Start. I am really happy to be working in collaboration with the artist Mandy Roberts on this, two brains are so much better than one!
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