Published on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 .
I am hoping to take part in this fantastic art project which started in Berlin and now comes to Manchester in September. I need to find time to print up some of my latest photography work (one print I’m submitting has just been shortlisted for an award but I’m not allowed to announce what just yet). I am determined to find time to support such a terrific idea.
To get involved you can donate an hour or two and become an art distributer via bicycle or you can create and donate your artistic work. Or both. This art can be anything; any subject (within decency realms), any quantity, originals, prints, photos, copies etc. all are welcome. Details of how to submit are here. Work should be between A4 and A1 in size. The Deadline is 1st September 2010.
Each distributed art roll will contain several different works, so each one holds a unique combination of works.
The bike bit is designed to mean the art will go to anyone who happens to be in the vicinity of the cycle route at the time, so it’s completely random and without stereotype. It fits with the quirky nature of the project and allows art to become public art.
All work will be exhibited at Nexus Cafe, Manchester prior to distribution and some contributors work is being featured over on the Papergirl tumblr site right this minute …. so get along and have a shufty.
The project is on twitter and has been featured over at central station creative network. You can read more about the original Berlin project here (don’t worry if your German is a little rusty there is an English translation).
Finally, if Ms Papergirl MCR (Janice?) reads this, I have two questions:
1) Can I buy a Papergirl MCR tee-shirt? I see Berlin had one and it’s lovely.
2) Can cycling boys take part and be Paperboys?
Published on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 .
Really enjoyed these images from Liverpool photographer Stephen King, featuring photographs taken in Lewis’s Department Store in Liverpool, one of the UK’s oldest and most iconic department stores a building sadly shut down and hidden since the early 1980s.
What a cracking idea, I wish I’d thought of it! The still life images work better for me, some terrific compositions. The project has it’s own website www.lewissfifthfloor.com (though it’s a bit slow to load) and there are quite a few images over on Stephen’s site.
I remember, as a Wirral girl born and bred, it was a big treat to be taken over to Lewis’s on a Saturday for a shopping expedition. I particularly remember the broken biscuit department was a highlight.
Dates: 26th February to 30th August 2010, Lewis’s Fifth Floor: A Department Story at Liverpool’s National Conservation Centre.
Published on Thursday, November 26, 2009 .
Over the summer I watched in wonder as my sunflower grew skywards. Inch by inch it became taller than my new rowan tree and then one day in the high winds my Heath Robinson string support system collapsed, leaving my sunflower dangling like a high jumpers pole. Since it’s glory days, the head has been quietly crisping up nicely inside my house. I kept it, because it was still inspirational.
Published on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 in 2009,
Architecture,
Garden Design,
Living Roof,
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environment,
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sustainable living and
tv programmes uk .
from the BBC website:
Last year Joe Swift described how back gardens are being sold for development, reducing the amount of green space that oxygenates our cities and soothes our troubled souls. But instead of beating his chest and saying how terrible this is, he heads off to discover how to grow gardens where land is scare. In France, he visits the Parisian botanist Patrick Blanc’s famous hanging gardens, which use an ingenious irrigation system to grow plants on vertical walls. In the UK, he meets one man who has cultivated a jungle on his balcony, and another who has a garden of succulents growing on the dashboard of his van. He also meets Nigel Dunnett from Sheffield University, who is an expert on green roofs – a way of turning the humble house roof into a demi-paradise; an industry that is booming.
This Special Gardeners World show will be broadcast this coming Friday, March 20th 2009 on BBC Two @ 8pm, definitely one not to miss!
For more information on Patrick Blanc and his amazing work with Vertical Gardens read my post from last year here.
scatterdrum is a personal blog by Gill Moore. Gill is a professional photographer based in Manchester in England.
She works for commercial and editorial clients together with shooting personal projects. This side of her work often includes exhibiting, publishing and working with like-minded collaborators on an environmental theme.
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