Posts Tagged as ‘Festival of Architecture 09’

July 15, 2009

Architectural space, movement & installation workshop – part 1: Blank Space

As part of their current research project Creative Transformation of Space, students and teachers from Filsham Valley School attended a day of workshops at Blank Studios & Gallery in Portslade, Brighton.
My workshop session began with an intensive, hands-on introduction to my working process, focussing on the creation of large-scale installations. The students then took on the empty [...]

July 1, 2009

talk to the watering can

 

Fresh from this year’s Festival of Architecture, the Woman with Watering Can [that's me] continues her playful investigations of the private choreography of public space, urban planning & creative space, and of course, reclining in public …
Coming up: talk to the watering can, a chance to air your views about green space in spontaneous mini-interviews conducted by the Woman with Watering Can, and [...]

June 28, 2009

Makeshift Body & Park[ing] Day Brighton 2009 – “New Townhouses coming here soon”

 

 

 
Funny how things link up over time …
Today I re-visited a derelict space in the centre of Brighton as part of the Festival of Architecture 2009 and my on-going project, Woman with Watering Can - Planning Permission Reclined!.
 
I danced this very same space back in 2001, again as part of another long-term project entitled Makeshift Body, when the site was just a [...]

June 21, 2009

Woman with Watering Can: Planning Permission reclined! – permissions 30 – 33

Woman with Watering Can: Planning Permission reclined! – permissions 30 – 33:
Location: London to Brighton Bike Ride, Brighton, U.K.
Planning permission granted by: CHJ, A.S., 5 unknown passers-by
Passers-by are being asked for planning permission as the Woman with Watering Can attempts to recline in urban & rural spaces. The on-going project explores public space and how we use it, and is currently part of [...]

June 20, 2009

Woman with Watering Can: Planning Permission reclined! – permission 29

Woman with Watering Can: Planning Permission reclined! – permission 29:
Location: Lewes Road Community Garden, Brighton, U.K.
Planning permission granted by: CHJ, 1 unknown passer-by
Passers-by are being asked for planning permission as the Woman with Watering Can attempts to recline in urban & rural spaces. The on-going project explores public space and how we use it, and is currently part of the South East Festival [...]

June 18, 2009

Woman with Watering Can: Planning Permission reclined! – permissions 24 – 28

Woman with Watering Can: Planning Permission reclined! – permissions 24 – 28:
Location: Portslade, U.K.
Planning permission granted by: J.B., E.W., M.v.H., R.M., 2 unknown passers-by
Passers-by are being asked for planning permission as the Woman with Watering Can attempts to recline in urban & rural spaces. The on-going project explores public space and how we use it, and is currently part of the [...]

June 18, 2009

Woman with Watering Can caught guerilla gardening in own backyard

The pots are prepared …

June 17, 2009

Woman with Watering Can: Planning Permission reclined! – permissions 21 – 23

Woman with Watering Can: Planning Permission reclined! – permissions 21 – 23:
Location: Bad Rothenfelde Saline Spa, Germany
Planning permission granted by: A.S., E.G., R.S., G.S., 5 unknown passers-by
Passers-by are being asked for planning permission as the Woman with Watering Can attempts to recline in urban & rural spaces. The on-going project explores public space and how we use it, and is currently part of [...]

June 15, 2009

Woman with Watering Can: Planning Permission reclined! – permissions 19 – 20

Woman with Watering Can: Planning Permission reclined! – permissions 19 – 20:
Location: Bad Rothenfelde Saline Spa, Germany
Planning permission granted by: A.S., E.G., 6 unknown passers-by
Passers-by are being asked for planning permission as the Woman with Watering Can attempts to recline in urban & rural spaces. The on-going project explores public space and how we use it, and is currently part of the [...]

June 13, 2009

Woman with Watering Can: Planning Permission reclined! – permissions 16 – 18

Woman with Watering Can: Planning Permission reclined! – permissions 16 – 18:
Location: Rural car park, Germany
Planning permission granted by: A.S., M.S., G.S., R.S., 2 unknown passers-by
Passers-by are being asked for planning permission as the Woman with Watering Can attempts to recline in urban & rural spaces. The on-going project explores public space and how we use it, and is currently part of the [...]