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WINDOW WANDERLAND 2023
A project coordinated by Somerset Art Works. Using a green screen and digital video techniques residents of Chard made an animated moving image sequence. This digital artwork was projected onto the big windows of the Guildhall in Chard on the evening of Saturday 11th March 2023.
Many thanks to all who created artwork for Window Wanderland: Avishayes Community School, Manor Court Community School, The Redstart Primary School, Holyrood Academy, Chard Watch and Chard Community Hub. Culturally Chard is the Chard High Street Heritage Action Zone cultural programme, funded by Historic England, Arts Council England and the National Heritage Memorial Fund.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]
Souvenirs of Place and Love
A unique exhibition for b-side festival, Portland
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A brilliant project that created hundreds of unique mementos celebrating the Portland community.
We worked with a range of community groups on the Isle or Portland, including The Mens Shed, the local boxing club, schools and youth groups. The project represents a unique portrait of the community and a moment in time. Images were transferred onto various ceramic items and exhibited as a large scale installation for the b-side festival in 2022.
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CHEDDAR FREQUENCIES
Over recent months residents of Cheddar village and the surrounding areas have been working with artist Richard Tomlinson to record fascinating stories that celebrate local culture, unearth hidden memories and depict Cheddar in a new light. The Cheddar Frequencies installation brings these sound souvenirs together.
Featured here are 30 selected stories, with a duration of between 1 and 4 minutes.
Commissioned by Seed Sedgemoor. Seed is a charity that brings community-led creative projects to Sedgemoor on behalf of local community organisations. Seed hold the Arts Council Creative People and Places project for Sedgemoor, offering communities new opportunities to create, access and participate in creative arts and cultural activities.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/794229305/862a71771b”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]
SPACERAFT
An animation made by young people attending the Street YMCA youth club.
This work is inspired by artist Rory Pilgrim’s RAFTS project and was developed through a series of creative workshops with Richard Tomlinson and Jasmine Otley, with the young people, shaped by their interests and ideas.
During the course of this project participants storyboarded their interpretation of the theme RAFT, wrote a poetic script, recorded their voices and learnt how to use digital animation software.
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CHARDCAST
In 2023 Original Light has been commissioned by Chard Museum to produce a series of 12 podcasts. ChardCast, an audio portrait of an amazing town, is a project managed by Chard Museum on behalf of Culturally Chard. It is funded through South Somerset District Council and Historic England.
ChardCast covers themes as diverse as: local inventors, Chard Reservoir local nature reserve, Chard Carnival and archival photographs. Listen to ChardCast by visiting the museum’s website:
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