cuppateabiscuit
master brummie
I am currently involved in a project called Tamed based in Witton and Perry Barry with the Environment Agency and MADE. From 2013 new flood defences will be built along the River Tame and artists and historians have been commissioned to get involved with the local communities, past and present, and explore the history of the area. I am particularly looking for people who used to and/or still live in these areas around the Tame with stories, memories, pictures or objects from the area. FOR AN IDEA OF WHAT KIND OF STORIES AND MEMORIES I AM LOOKING FOR, PLEASE SEE POST #12, BELOW. Thanks
Within the project we will also be getting local residents (past and present) involved in producing art work, tours, publications, workshops, research etc. There may also be a collection of oral histories which will be compiled, and I am looking for people who might be willing to share their memories in this way. I am also hoping that people who live in the area and in travelling distance will come down to Witton during the course of the project to get involved in activities (programme to be arranged) and chat to me, the other artists and each other about their experiences, as well as get involved in some of the workshops that will be set up. I would also like to visit people if they find it hard to get out. The project will be taking place from May 2013 to May 2014, so it is just in the initial stages and I will keep everyone on here posted as to what is going on with regards to publications, tours, exhibitions, and any meetings for research and oral history taking etc.
Please can anyone post any photographs, thoughts and questions to this thread that you might like used in the project? Do you know anyone who might be interested? If you would like to send me your memories or anything else please email me, my address is cuppatea.biscuit@googlemail.com and my phone number for this project is 077333 84541. Thanks, Jenni.
Also, does anyone have any objects related to the area that can either be borrowed or photographed (I know how precious these things are) to help set up a Travelling Museum which will hopefully go to schools (supervised) and elsewhere. If anyone has any suggestions for where the Travelling Museum could go, that would be great too.
Thanks, Jenni.
Within the project we will also be getting local residents (past and present) involved in producing art work, tours, publications, workshops, research etc. There may also be a collection of oral histories which will be compiled, and I am looking for people who might be willing to share their memories in this way. I am also hoping that people who live in the area and in travelling distance will come down to Witton during the course of the project to get involved in activities (programme to be arranged) and chat to me, the other artists and each other about their experiences, as well as get involved in some of the workshops that will be set up. I would also like to visit people if they find it hard to get out. The project will be taking place from May 2013 to May 2014, so it is just in the initial stages and I will keep everyone on here posted as to what is going on with regards to publications, tours, exhibitions, and any meetings for research and oral history taking etc.
Please can anyone post any photographs, thoughts and questions to this thread that you might like used in the project? Do you know anyone who might be interested? If you would like to send me your memories or anything else please email me, my address is cuppatea.biscuit@googlemail.com and my phone number for this project is 077333 84541. Thanks, Jenni.
Also, does anyone have any objects related to the area that can either be borrowed or photographed (I know how precious these things are) to help set up a Travelling Museum which will hopefully go to schools (supervised) and elsewhere. If anyone has any suggestions for where the Travelling Museum could go, that would be great too.
Thanks, Jenni.
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