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Surprise is a wonderful thing. Lot’s of surprises in the Arts this month, from organisations that have been forced into sudden and often dramatic closure as funding sources dry up, to new work appearing on the horizon.
This week Anthony Gormley announced and launched (nation-wide) his latest Public Art – Fourth Plinth project (http://www.oneandother.com) You can volunteer on this site, to be part of it by standing for an hour on a plinth in Trafalgar Square whilst being watched and photographed and filmed, better than than the X-Factor methinks!
BBC South are developing ‘Secret Stories’ which aims to capture stories and text from people across the South and project bits of it on the side of Salisbury Cathedral on April 23rd which makes me wonder if perhaps the BBC really are getting behind Culture and giving it a boost. Just maybe. Secret Stories involves talking to real people across the South and not just snooping about on Twitter, so prepare to be surprised.
Artsmonkey’s other blog- National Theatre of Wales - Live launch November 5, 2009Today is November the fifth a day for plots and coup attempts, remember? Well today also marked the official launch of the National Theatre of Wales and boy did they do it in style. Not only were parties being thrown across Wales but Producer Lucy Jones and Artistic Director John McGrath shared the event online [...]
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- Beep, beep. Out of my way slow coach! August 31, 2009Haiku’s courtesy of ‘theboywyatt’ http://theboywyatt.blogspot.com/ .GoFasterStripes. Loudly tooting horn! flicking the V’s at the flash. Speeding road rager. ©theboywyatt, 2009 I recently attended a ‘speed awareness workshop’ having been caught speeding by one of Wiltshires 18 (approx.) mobile speed camera’s, like many other unfortunate motorists […]
- Sharing your talent… August 22, 2009
- National Theatre of Wales - Live launch November 5, 2009
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