We are currently looking into doing a project on the work of John Douglas. He was born in Sandiway, Cheshire and went on to build buildings from mansions to public toilets.The idea is to research his buildings and their stories, draw them and create a 3d interactive dispay.  We are looking for people who might want to get involved, learning about heritage and putting pencil to paper at drawing workshops. You can be any age and just need to let us know if you fancy it. Once we know people are interested we will head off and try for funding and cro

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Guerrilla Projections

We headed out into Chester to try and project some images onto its many surfaces. It was really cold and we were a bit frazzled, cold stopped play. So we will be heading out again soon. We have posted some of the images of the ones we did capture.

The next in the series of events by us was Populate. The idea was to populate empty shops with art to show their potential and give opportunities to see and buy art. This exhibition featured 3 local artists, Beth Barlow, Jason Sheppard and Simon Kennedy. It ran from 13th December till the 23rd December with a private view on Sunday 12th December. Images of the exhibition can be found on Jason's and Beth's posts. The audience response to the project was good. Comments on the project are currently being put together so watch this space.

Footfalls was an interactive film project which ran in an Empty shop in Chester. The first part of the project involved a team of volunteer researchers hunting down stories which could have taken place outside the shop during any time but Roman Times (we feel the Roman's have far too much exposure in Chester already, all those short skirts and high winds). The next phases involved writing up stories to be acted out, making unusual costumes and props and filming actors feet as they acted out the scenes on the rows. The final piece took place in the shop in early August and gave viewers the chance to interact with the filmed pieces. We are seeking volunteers who are interested in being involved in similar events and want to gain some valuable experience in either heritage or art events.

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As part of our research for a Creative Runcorn project we are chatting to people about the objects which they think represent Runcorn now, past and future. This is the first of the collection of object ideas gathered after a trip to Halton Lea library to see Jean Bradburn. Whilst there we were lucky enough to bump into Maurice Littlemore and Roy Gough from Runcorn family history society.
Instead of writing the objects on a list we have formed them into a little film, just to bring them alive a little bit. This may act as a provocation for debate or just a  way of seeing what we are up to in Runcorn in April 2011

July 2011

Since the last post we have been up to all sorts in Runcorn Old Town,creating a permanent  geocache treasure hunt, sculpture making with school children and young people, filming and living sketch books on shop windows. On the 16th July it will all culminate in a dramatic procession and web cam performance in empty shops. You can find out more at the project blog www.workingtitleatistscollectivecrea.blogspot.com