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MANIFESTOS (or, Tell Us What You Really Think)
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There's a venerable tradition of artists' manifestos, which always seem to pop up especially at times of great cultural and political change (post WW1 dadaists; them 60s experimenters...) so, given…Continue
Tags: artists, cultural change, politics, manifesto
Started this discussion. Last reply by David Harradine Mar 16, 2011.
Welcome to The Future Playground - Please Tell Us a Bit About Yourself
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Thanks for joining The Future Playground. This thread is a place where people who are new to the site and the community can say a little bit about themselves, and about what they want The Future…Continue
Tags: dreams, introduce yourself, welcome
Started this discussion. Last reply by David Harradine Oct 22, 2010.
What Makes Great Art for Children?
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So what is it that makes the very best art for children? What should we all be thinking about when we're at the start of a process of making or supporting new work?Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Sue Buckmaster Jan 28, 2010.
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I'm an artist working in performance, visual art and publication, making work for children and for adults. I'm the artistic director of Fevered Sleep.
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A discussion started by David Harradine was featuredMANIFESTOS (or, Tell Us What You Really Think)
There's a venerable tradition of artists' manifestos, which always seem to pop up especially at times of great cultural and political change (post WW1 dadaists; them 60s experimenters...) so, given that we are living through times of extraordinary change right now, I thought I'd start a thread for MANIFESTOS RELATING TO MAKING ART FOR CHILDREN.Don't have one? Nor did I until 24 hours ago, then I decided I'd write one.So get going, and it'd be grand to see them here...See More
A blog post by David Harradine was featuredSome Thoughts on "Acting Like Children"
This blog is based on the text of a talk I gave today at Rose Bruford college, as part of the Acting Like Children project organised by Polka Theatre, Travelling Light and…See More
Clare Halstead commented on David Harradine's blog post Why I Love Making Work for Children"We had fantastic feedback from parents - I've posted some on this site: http://ReCreateBrighton.tumblr.com/
I think the parents were very happy to allow us to lead them into the spaces - and we really tried to just respond to the children…"
Samantha Butler commented on David Harradine's blog post Why I Love Making Work for Children"beautiful image Clare and a fascinating project. Do you have any feedback from the parents? can you tell us about their response within the piece;was there hesitation in allowing their young ones to be immersed in the piece for example, and did they…"
Clare Halstead commented on David Harradine's blog post Why I Love Making Work for Children"Your piece has struck a chord with me - I've been working with a group of artists developing an event for 0-2 year olds that took place on Saturday as part of Brighton and Hove Children's Festival. We invited parents/carers and their…"
David Harradine replied to Naomi Cortes's discussion Engaging younger audiences"Hi Naomi - what do you mean when you say "younger audiences"? I think the actual age range for a project has a significant influence on these decisions around scale..."
David Harradine posted a blog postStories and Other Things
We're in the 2nd week of rehearsals for a revival of our show The Forest, and I've been thinking a lot about how the piece works, and why we made it the way we did. It's a piece in which we tried to recreate the sensations and rhythms and feelings of being in a forest - to do with play, fear, light, space, texture, movement - and we hang this loosely around a visual structure: a simple journey while day turns to night. It's pretty abstract! It has always felt important to us to resist the…See More
"This might be of interest?
Developing an age appropriate consultation methodology forinvolving children under 5 years of age in decision making are available in the ‘WOW! This is Big’ publication.The findings challenge thinking about…"
Vicky Cave commented on David Harradine's blog post Evaluation with Children"Hi David
I have experience of working with young children to explore their ideas around different ideas and themes in order to develop hands-on exhibitions for them. I'd be very happy to have a conversation with you about this. I think that you…"
Kate Cross commented on David Harradine's blog post Evaluation with Children"We tried something similar, although not with very young children, where we worked with a Bristol based organisation called New Generation Documenters. The idea is that the children are given a skill, that of 'live documenting'. This is…"
David Harradine posted a blog postEvaluation with Children
We're just embarking on a research project to explore how children, especially very young children, can give feedback on their experience of performance without that feedback having to be mediated by adults. We had our second brainstorming conversation today and realised what a very very steep learning curve we're on. If you have any thoughts or experiences in relation to all this, we'd love to hear more...See More
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Stories and Other Things
We're in the 2nd week of rehearsals for a revival of our show The Forest, and I've been thinking a lot about how the piece works, and why we made it the way we did. It's a piece in which we tried to recreate the sensations and rhythms and feelings of being in a forest - to do with play, fear, light, space, texture, movement - and we hang this loosely around a visual structure: a simple journey while day turns to night. It's pretty abstract!
It has always felt important to…
ContinuePosted on January 31, 2012 at 7:50
Evaluation with Children
We're just embarking on a research project to explore how children, especially very young children, can give feedback on their experience of performance without that feedback having to be mediated by adults. We had our second brainstorming conversation today and realised what a very very steep learning curve we're on. If you have any thoughts or experiences in relation to all this, we'd love to hear more...
Posted on November 7, 2011 at 17:44 — 3 Comments
Guardian Feature on Punchdrunk's Project for Children
Interesting article on Punchdrunk's upcoming piece for children. Good to see artists finding younger and younger audiences...
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 18:30
Some Thoughts on "Acting Like Children"
This blog is based on the text of a talk I gave today at Rose Bruford college, as part of the Acting Like Children project organised by Polka Theatre, Travelling Light and…
ContinuePosted on April 16, 2011 at 13:00
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- At 18:37 on January 27, 2010,
Ned Glasier said… - Yes! Am here - it's looking good...
- At 8:10 on January 25, 2010,
Sarah Argent said…
- Very excited about the site and will post as soon as rehearsals allow!
- At 14:18 on January 24, 2010, Samantha Butler said…
- its very nice. I'm a bit scared, I don't do these social site things....
- At 12:58 on January 21, 2010,
Amy Lord said… - welcome
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Scribble Ink posted an eventRoyal Docks Spring Festival at Britannia Village Hall
June 1, 2012 from 4pm to 8pm
A free family event for the whole community to come together and enjoy a wide range of activities, stalls and entertainment. Find out about local services, London 2012 games and get a free health check.See More
A discussion started by David Harradine was featuredMANIFESTOS (or, Tell Us What You Really Think)
There's a venerable tradition of artists' manifestos, which always seem to pop up especially at times of great cultural and political change (post WW1 dadaists; them 60s experimenters...) so, given that we are living through times of extraordinary change right now, I thought I'd start a thread for MANIFESTOS RELATING TO MAKING ART FOR CHILDREN.Don't have one? Nor did I until 24 hours ago, then I decided I'd write one.So get going, and it'd be grand to see them here...See More
A blog post by Samantha Butler was featuredOn encouraging young audiences (or their parents) to take risks
http://www.itstheforest.comWhy should parents bring their children to see something like my company's dance piece 'The Forest'?When it’s half term and I scan the pages of the ‘what’s on for children’ sections of magazines I want to know that the experiences I choose for my children will be, to be honest, worth the effort, that they will enjoy it, that they will be enriched in some way, in any way, by what they’ve seen.I want to take them…See More
A blog post by David Harradine was featuredSome Thoughts on "Acting Like Children"
This blog is based on the text of a talk I gave today at Rose Bruford college, as part of the Acting Like Children project organised by Polka Theatre, Travelling Light and…See More
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