For a very different audience engagement experience tomorrow night (Friday) try this.
A bespoke mobile guerrilla projection unit will be taking a projection trundle through Leeds on Friday night! The mobile projections and mobile cart handiness are provided by the talented and experimental Dave Lynch sharing some of his quirky visions with us! Stating at the Packhorse at 8.30pm LS6 before meandering down Woodhouse Lane, (projecting as we go!) towards the O2 Academy, Millennium square and Leeds City Art Gallery where we will stop for approx 10mins in each site to project shorts from the best of Outdoor AV's show reel for your viewing! Click on the map for route/site directions:http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=102559007930663046930.000465582932b5565a204&z=15
This event is brought to you by Outdoor AV and DarkDay 09
Louisa here.
ReplyDeleteWe had an interesting walk on Thursday. Some fruitful discussions were had around the effects of museum displays, and the possibilities of projections in public spaces, but one issue which kept cropping up was about the practicalities of actually asking institutions to allow you to use their spaces. Another (certainly related) discussion was about Light Night and how to apply for it. The marvellous thing about Light Night is that it is designed to give artists access to spaces in and around Leeds that they would not usually be able to utilise to make or display work. As it is run by the council, it is relatively simple for them to ask permission to gain access to unusual sites.
Applications are being looked at until early May. If you are signed up to LVAF you will have been emailed an expression of interest form. The only thing you need to be sure of if you want to apply is that you have a very specific site that you wish to place work in. You only need to write a paragraph outlining your idea (and if it is any good as an idea this should be possible) and email it to the Light Night team. Have a look at the website to get an idea of the diversity of artworks and performances that were in the festival last year.
http://www.lightnight.co.uk/leeds/index.php
The person to speak to about this is James Hill, who is very approachable. His email is James.Hill@leeds.gov.uk.