Central Station » statue https://thisiscentralstation.com Thu, 07 Jun 2018 08:28:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Streetland 2011 https://thisiscentralstation.com/featured-blog/streetland-2011/ https://thisiscentralstation.com/featured-blog/streetland-2011/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 12:28:57 +0000 guest http://thisiscentralstation.com/?p=3292
Streetland was great fun yesterday in the blazing Govanhill Sunshine. We really liked the Interplanetary Postbox and the two art exhibitions at the Chalet and Polka Dot Punks. Here are a few images from the day.
The project I was involved with asked people “if they were to make a staute to you in Govanhill, what would it say?” There were some interesting, funny, depressing and uplifting responses along with teenage boys drawing large representations of particular part of the human anatomy. More photos of the statue project (minus the anatomy lesson) can be viewed here.
Check out the http://www.streetland.net/ site for general info and images on what is a really unusual and unique combination of art and community activism.

 

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Here are some photos of our fantastic statues from yesterday’s Streetland Festival in Govanhill, good work to all. We basically asked people, “If they were to build a statue to you in Govanhill, what would it say?” Big thanks to our excellent assistant Amber who helped out on the day and did a great job of bullying people into climbing onto the plinth. (More images here in a slideshow on Flickr)

 

BE A STATUE
“We want to know your thoughts on the “street”, the things you like, your favourite places, your secrets. We want to know your stories of the area, your hopes for the future or your memories of the past. Join us as we travel round Govanhill recording the stories of the people we meet; take a piece of chalk, write your message on the board, climb up the steps and become a statue. Or take a title from our suggestion box and then try and become that phrase.”

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