Here and Now

The past week we have been running the Here and Now project at Gressenhall and Bridewell museums. This is an exploration of the the development of Norwich s rural and urban history. This isn't the dry history of dates, battles and generals but of investigating peoples lives through recent history. Gressenhall was a workhouse until the forties and Bridewell was a prison. But have a thorough range of exhibits to explore this. The end result is a soundscape through the drama workshops we have been running.

Belief in the park

"I believe we all have the capacty to think really big thoughts"

Build a park and they will come

Pupils from Blyth Jex school were engaged in a workshop where they had to make a large picture under the theme of "Your Park". Although this was a 2-D exercise it soon went 3-D as seen from with the figure and tree in the picture above.

Engaging the mind...

A view of Mile Cross

This is Mile Cross

An initial sketch mapping the area

The mobile phone, the mug and a map

A workshop moment

This is what it's all about

At the end of the workshop pupils of Blyth Jex school hold up one of the maps they had made of Norwich and the Mile Cross area. They were all enthusiastic and fully involved in this process together of mapping their surroundings. These maps were scripts in how they could act out and express themselves through journeys through words, images, sounds and drama. In the next workshop they will see their work in these different artistic forms combined via a short film. Facilitating a process in how they express themselves in their surroundings.

AndAction

Myself and Xenia Horne started work on rebuilding the AndAction website.
Here it is at www.andaction.co.uk

Sargeant Mallin productions

In the arts factory over three weekends during Norfolk Open Studios.

Who am I?

A trick question because I already know.

Over the years in the depths of East Anglia I've met alot of people. Found something that connects them to the deepest depths of our history, through the present and onto the future. Grassroots culture is alive and well. Its still doing what it's good at in celebrating life. Cultural practices that some had thought had long disappeared still exist. Somewhere, out there, other people will be doing this somewhere else for love of it. Everyone has a story to tell and a view point that needs presenting.