BOOK 2
FESTIVAL OF MAKING
CONTENT.
BOOK 1
BLACKBURN
BOOK 3 BOOK 4
MANUAL LIVE PROJECT
BOOK 2 FESTIVAL OF MAKING
IMPRINT Edited and designed by LiveProjectBCC Arts Tower Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S10 2TN
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Copyright Š 2015 by LiveProjectBCC All rights reserved.
First published in 2015 by LiveProjectBCC Arts Tower Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S10 2TN Printed and bound in Sheffield, England by LiveProjectBCC.
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LEGACY.
Special Thanks to Claire Tymon, Carolyn Butterworth, Wayne Hemingway and all the lovely people in Blackburn who gave their time.
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INTRODUCTION.
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VISION.
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KEY VENUES INTRODUCTION.
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KEY VENUES, FESTIVAL & LEGACY.
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FESTIVAL LEGACY.
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PROJECT MANIFESTO.
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Blackburn has a strong history of making and of hard work, however the town has experienced economic decline and a cultural stagnation within the town centre, leading to a loss of night time economy and civic pride.
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The Festival of Making is an opportunity to remind Blackburn of what it does best, making things. The festival gives the people of Blackburn a chance to make and shape their future through an event that showcases creative talent and provides aspiration to a generation of people apathetic with the current choices available to them.
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The festival itself will occupy the town hosting events and workshops for local creatives and local businesses, as well as UK wide contributors. The following book outlines possible proposals generated from research and public consultation from Book 1 suggesting possible spatial and strategic moves to create a festival within the city.
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Spearheaded by designer Wayne Hemingway, the festival brief set out a desire for a city proposal around a strategic envelope that could be curated to create a consistent level of interest and activity.
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Our proposal has focused on four areas in order to deliver the festival and ensure a lasting legacy. The Shuttle provides awareness and interest in the run up to the main event. The public realm sets out the city strategy for the festival. The important locations set out strategic zones of activity and the legacy sets out the future of Blackburn post festival.
FESTIVAL OF MAKING. The Shuttle, A vehicle designed to integrate communities and businesses into the development of their festival.The aim is to have parts of the festival made by Blackburn and the rest of the UK. The objects made, also act as a pledge from the local residents and makers to participate and to be part of a significant moment in Blackburn’s history and its future. The main outcome should be raising awareness and commitment to the festival.
Public Realm, This section sets out the strategy for the public realm during the festival, looking at wayfinding, routes, nodes and street planning. The plans suggest possible streetscapes and ideas for the areas of the festival, creating spaces for making and spaces for collaboration.
Key Locations, The festival strategy is adjacent to important buildings identified in Book 1; this makes up a more focused look at the use and function of these spaces. The aim of this is to show the importance of including these buildings within the festival such that they can benefit most from its legacy.
Legacy, This section discusses the future after the festival, looking at the re-use of the physical interventions and digital infrastructure as well as looking at the potential of the key buildings. The future of the key buildings aims to illustrate the importance of capturing the energy and creativity of the festival but also how these venues can work together to create a coherent and resilient future.
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THE SHUTTLE. Table for workshops
DESIGN The Shuttle will promote: • Awareness • Ownership • Collaboration • Involvement
The Shuttle could be pulled by the Blackburn is Open Tuk Tuk
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The Shuttle is made up of off the shelf elements and CNC routed sheet materials; it is designed to show off the potential of the Making Room’s tools. Gabion cages https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/49/e3/ee/49e3ee61682909de910dd55 aec3ed254.jpg Casting in Resin Surprise diy http://www.surprisediy.com/diy-531.html Reliefs A girl and a Glue Gun http://www.agirlandagluegun.com/2012/09/shout-out-to-boys.html Gluing layers Go Ham Clothing https://gohamclothing.com/ Casting Within Concrete Eco Home Resource http://ecohomeresource.com/2009/10/cement-concrete-andco2.html Casts Jo Hallam, Floor with heat channels http://www.art.ucla.edu/gallery/2007-08/mfa_2.html
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Communities Create modular elements for the festival of making Cornucopia
Materials store CNC router hidden in the back of the Shuttle.
Perforated expanded metal mesh wraps around The Shuttle to secure the CNC machine and tools. Workshop participants can register their attendance by weaving ribbons through the mesh to produce a beautiful pattern.
Ways of Making The panels which make up the Cornucopia of Making should be formed of waste by-products from manufacturing processes in Blackburn. These can be reused and reformed in the following ways.
Store newly made panels along the side of the Shuttle for all to see.
Gabion Cages Lose materials can be held together in Gabian cages to form a load bearing block.
Casting in Resin Casting waste materials in resin allows the beautiful by-products of industry to be seen for what they are whilst also forming a load bearing block or even a tension member for the structure
Reliefs Waste materials can be glued to panels and painted over to form exciting reliefs.
Gluing Layers Gluing and cutting layers under compression gives a beautiful striped pattern which is strong in tension and compression.
Casting Within Concrete Casting materials in concrete gives interesting patterns, suggesting clues to the objects it’s made up from.
Casts Arranging materials to form a cast then casting concrete into this also gives interesting reliefs that hint at the shape of materials.
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THE SHUTTLE. OVERVIEW On the lead up to the Festival of Making, The Shuttle will be released. This mobile making laboratory will visit makers, communities and decision makers with the purpose of weaving the community together to form a blanket of support for the festival and to remind people in Blackburn that everyone is a maker and this is worth celebrating! The Shuttle will be fitted out with specialist making tools; a CNC router and operated by an expert maker who will help communities in Blackburn make a small element of a centre piece for the festival. It will go to communities to be a first point of contact for the festival in giving workshops on making in people’s own neighbourhoods. The element the community makes will then be used to make up a centerpiece for the festival of making in the centre of Blackburn. The aim of this is to extend a sense of ownership to groups who might not otherwise be engaged in cultural events in the town. The Shuttle aims to look towards the future in introducing people to new ways of making, through digital making and circular economies. While being forward looking, the Shuttle also hopes to show awareness of its past: the Shuttle is a reference to The Flying Shuttle which brought prosperity to much of Pennine Lancashire during the Industrial Revolution. Awareness of these traditional industries should not be overlooked when considering the future of Blackburn.
Flying Shuttle Wikimedia https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Shuttle_ (PSF).png/800px-Shuttle_(PSF).png John Kay The open door web site http://www.saburchill.com/history/chapters/IR/009.html [This image was provided by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council for use in the Cotton Town digitisation project:www.cottontown.org]
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The Flying Shuttle 1733 John Kay, patented his “New Engine of Machine for opening and dressing wool”, with it, the Flying Shuttle. The Flying Shuttle was able to do the work of two people in half the time, ushering in an age of posterity for textile industry across Pennine Lancashire.
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THE SHUTTLE. PROGRAMME The centrepiece of the Festival of Making will be the Cornucopia of Making located in Town Hall Square. A sculptural piece of architecture designed by an artist in residence, who will work with communities to make the elements which it will be made from. These elements will be made using the Shuttle: the mobile making laboratory. Each piece will be made individually with only the artist having an idea of how these elements will all fit together. This will only be seen all together during the Festival of Making. Blackburn’s community will feel a sense of ownership as they come to the town centre during the Festival of Making to see the element they made as a small part of a beautiful structure. This weave of ideas represents Blackburn, made from the art and labour of its citizens.
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An artist in residence is appointed to guide The Shuttle. Ultimately the artist will design the Cornucopia of Making but not without the ideas of community groups, makers and artists who will contribute to the design of the structures panels.
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The artist will also lead workshops with makers to build elements of the Cornucopia. Makers are given the chance to contribute more of what they make to the product to showcase their industry or to sponsor the making of the structure.
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The artist will get in contact with Blackburn’s manufacturing businesses to arrange to collect by products of their making. Manufacturers learn about the Festival of Making through this and learn how they can get involved.
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The Cornucopia will be constructed with the help of people recruited through the making workshops.
The artist will lead workshops with community groups. These groups will come up with their own ideas for how by products of manufacturing can become part of the Cornucopia structure in a series of Shuttle maker sessions, communities feel a sense of ownership of what they’re creating.
The Cornucopia will be unveiled at the festival of making people from across Blackburn will visit to see their element in the structure and to take part in the Festival of Making.
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PUBLIC REALM. INTRODUCTION These key images celebrate the potential of what the Festival of Making could be within the public realm. Research and precedent has been undertaken into what creates a successful town festival. Wayfinding, adaptable spaces and boundaries were the main aspects that can be used to define the public realm and are shown by example in the following images. Wayfinding can be a key aspect in creating nodes and interest where needed and can be done through three areas; digital (app), sculptural (illusion structure) and signage (ground icons/signs). Each aspect is strategically designed depending on the situation and context. The second aspect is adaptable spaces, which can utilise empty public spaces; these need to be able to change depending on the required function. Looking at precedents, especially Assemble’s triangle chairs (below), influenced the concept of furniture to create spaces and areas for performance. Boundaries are needed to define the festival area. Entrance gateways are seen throughout festivals, this provides a sense of excitement and a physical boundary for the people. All these areas are designed and intended to be created by Blackburn’s community to reinforce the concept of the Festival of Making.
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The Festival of Making phone app provides up to date information on events, activities, and locations. This can be used before, and during, and it will be adapted for creative business and events following the festival.
This wayfinding strategy is used to highlight the key three venues and their events at the festival. The design is based around illusion as a tactic to provide interest, direction and a gathering point.
Adaptable furniture created in the Making Rooms will be used throughout the festival to provide a sense of place, whilst allowing the user and organiser to move depending on the function needed.
The Shuttle is based in the Making Rooms and is used before and during the festival to allow the wider context and creatives to contribute to the festival. Throughout the festival, this will continue to drive around, providing workshops and tools for the people to make and create.
Entrance boundary structures will create a definitive boundary and entrance to the festival. They will be scattered on the periphery of Blackburn near the key transport links.
Icons used in the Festival of Making branding will be used to direct people to various venues events and routes through the festival.
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THE APP. FOR THE FESTIVAL The Festival of Making app is a way of showing the programme of buildings in Blackburn, both for the festival and as a way of allowing people to submit their own ideas of short term uses they would like to see in the buildings in the future. The public will engage with the event by recording themselves making, so the recordings can be played on TV’s in the windows of Blackburn’s shops and lights in the windows of buildings can show how active the program of the festival is at any given time.
Organisers: Prior or during the festival, event organisers will be able host events and create a schedule using the app as a resource and a communication tool with other organisers.
The app will then have a life after the Festival as the Creative Capital app, responding to people’s criticism and ideas from the Festival of Making. It will then evolve to become a system of hosting and booking events in some of Blackburn’s built assets.
Attendees: Using the App during the festival, the public can find events they are interested in and locate it using the festival map, bringing makers and the public together.
Create: Record and publish your own creations with Blackburn and the Creative Capital.
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The activity in an area is shown through lights in the windows of Blackburns venues: if it’s very busy due to app activity, lights are green, if not so busy, red.
Makers can upload videos to showcase what they’ve been making on TV screens across Blackburn.
The app is a way finding tool which helps people schedule their trip to the Festival of Making. It will also be used to book rooms into the future.
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PUBLIC REALM. OVERVIEW
Routes
The following proposals for the Festival of Making provides a snapshot of potential interventions throughout the city. The aim of this section is to provide inspiration and aspiration for the festival showing the spatial possibilities within the site.
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A festival boundary has been established and key areas have been identified following site analysis and public consultation. This boundary however should not exclude venues and sites that lie outside it, but should be seen as a point of focus within the city where the level of activity can be easily curated. Key routes have been considered through the site in order to maintain a level of excitement and interest; these routes are flexible and interchangeable to give a consistent experience no matter which direction the site is approached from. The journeys from key access points have been considered, from train, bus or car, making sure that entry points and thresholds create a clear festival envelope. Key nodes have been identified and used to determine wayfinding and planning. Connecting streets have been given personalities and themes of different types of making which converge in the centre of the city under the Cornucopia of made objects. This space is dedicated to encouraging collaborations and public engagement, connecting creative cultures and communities. The titles of these ‘making zones’ are just some of the ideas that could be incorporated, the concept allows for all kinds of making to fill the streets of Blackburn, from making sounds to making a mess!
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PUBLIC REALM. VISION The following pages set out the visions along the primary route through the festival. capturing the atmosphere and activity created within the boundary. The Festival of Making is a national festival, therefore the train station is many people’s first experience into Blackburn. As this is the furthest boundary of the festival, wayfinding and decoration is used to create excitement and direction.
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Book 2: Festival of Making Church Street is one the first main entrances and boundaries to the festival, with people coming from the train and bus station. Wayfinding and boundaries techniques are used to define the perimeter. The street could be used to incorporate making of food and drink, with its close link to the Mall‘s The Market.
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The second key entrance to the festival will be used predominantly by people from the west and users of The Mall for parking. This image highlights the wayfinding strategies and the potential the Shuttle and the Making Rooms have to create structures and sculptures to guide people. Finally, the atmosphere created will influence creatives and businesses to use this public space to its full potential.
Book 2: Festival of Making The Baroque and King Georges Hall are key venues for music and performance; this will provide an essential node for the Festival. The wayfinding illusion sculpture provides interest, whilst providing an icon for the people of the festival to gather, make and collaborate. The activities seen and experienced will provide memory and interest to change the area into a vibrant hotspot of Blackburn.
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Town Hall Square is the heart of the festival; both the Making Rooms and the Cotton Exchange are located here. This area is about celebration and collaboration throughout the festival, with various creative talents and industries joining to inspire and celebrate. The Making Rooms will flood onto the street with people adding to the festival as they make.
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Book 2: Festival of Making The Cornucopia located in the Town Square is the heart of the Festival of Making, built by the people of Blackburn Using the Shuttle and the Making Rooms.The essence of it is a structure to celebrate collaboration in making. Community groups, local industries and creatives gather and provide skills, workshops, tools, and ideas for collaboration in the centre of Blackburn.
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The Bureau is a key location for the festival specialising in fringe theatre, community workshops, and alternative arts and music. Pedestrianising the one way system will create a clear route to and from the heart, whilst blurring the boundary between inside and outside The Bureau.
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KEY LOCATIONS. OVERVIEW
The purpose of the festival is to provide a catalyst for change in Blackburn and secure its place as the Creative Capital of the UK. However, in order for Blackburn to retain its reputation as a centre for creative excellence, it not only has to host a good festival but also has to provide long term infrastructure that works together to give the residents and local businesses access to resources and technology. The ‘Creative Capital’ is a city that encourages and incubates new ideas, providing a sustainable and resilient economy for the future. In this document, we have identified key venues in the city that have potential to form part of this collaborative infrastructure. These venues should be seen as part of a local network within the Town Centre, but also a wider network involving the industries and communities around Blackburn. The venues identified are The Bureau, Baroque Public House, Cotton Exchange and Tony’s Ballroom and, alongside the Making Rooms, all form part of a unique opportunity of connection, to make a city centre infrastructure that compliments and communicates with each other. The legacy of the festival will not only be the reuse of physical infrastructure but also the connections and collaborations made. The use of technology will also form a key part of the legacy strategy. Social media and networking platforms will be used to connect venues together as well as informing the public to what’s happening in their home town.
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The Making Rooms is a new venture from Blackburn Council through Blackburn is Open, offering 3D prototyping, access to technology and support for growing tech and creative industries. This forms the current hub for the Creative Capital. It is a more programmed creative space for local businesses and technology companies to test and develop ideas. However, it also provides opportunities for interesting collaborations. The Bureau community arts space offers fantastic opportunities for one off events and fringe art workshops and exhibitions. It offers a creative space for local artists and art students to work, exhibit and sell their artwork. A place of artistic creativity, encouraging fringe practices, inspiring different forms of expression. The Bureau can collaborate with The Cotton Exchange and Making Rooms in order to create a diverse and exciting creative community that combines new thinking with new technologies. The Cotton Exchange, recently purchased by Re:Source charity, seek to convert the space into a resource for Blackburn. The space, being so prominent in the town centre, offers an opportunity for a multi use creative space providing spaces for film, community meetings, collaborations and exhibitions. The space has potential for Re:Source, not only for the community but also as a space to exhibit the creative output from the the Making Rooms. The space is also attached to Tony‘s Ballroom which has potential as a music and dance space and school, reigniting Blackburn‘s night time economy. The Baroque pub is smaller than the other venues and will not form as important a piece in the creative infrastructure of Blackburn. However, due to its recent purchase by the council, the venue has the potential to be integrated into the new creative Blackburn, by offering events to kick start the night time economy but also offering a space that compliments and services existing venues such as King George‘s Hall.
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KEY LOCATIONS DURING FESTIVAL. THE COTTON EXCHANGE The Cotton Exchange is located at an important nodal point within a few key routes during the Festival of Making. With potential external areas for collaborative pavilions, stalls and small events, there is space for makers of all trades to work alongside each other at one of the main connections in Blackburn’s Town Centre. Creating the Cornucopia of made objects at the Cotton Exchange’s busy pedestrian junction encourages interaction with the public and provides a platform to enter and continue engaging with the festival. Although the building will unlikely be used to its full extent during the preceding months, it could potentially be used as a place for small events, fairs, exhibition or performance if invested in before the festival. The festival could also re-brand the building and adjoining areas as a place that can and will be used after its upcoming development; this may also be accomplished by using the building externally through projecting art, interventions or mounting creations for public involvement.
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KEY LOCATIONS POST - FESTIVAL. THE COTTON EXCHANGE Due to the Cotton Exchange’s vacant floor space, it is one of a few key locations which has great potential for utilisation. With funding for upcoming development (including a restaurant), the Cotton Exchange can provide a catalyst to a larger expansion of local businesses, entertainment and public involvement within Blackburn. The location of the Cotton Exchange can feasibly provide a central support for local makers.With close proximity to the Making Rooms and the Bureau, the Cotton Exchange could create vital exhibition space for local crafts and businesses, linking to the heavy footfall of pedestrians near other public buildings and businesses. With the Cotton Exchange’s history of film and cinema, it is also feasible to reappoint the space as an arts theatre for film or plays due to its future improved facilities. This would also link to the influx of creativity supported by the Making Rooms and Bureau. Possible connections to groups such as ‘Hackburn’ might allow an outlet for digital media and technology as an exhibition.
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KEY LOCATIONS DURING FESTIVAL. THE BUREAU The Bureau has a successful voluntary community group overseeing events which, during the Festival of Making, could be built upon and grow. Space for activities and events gives potential to draw a wide audience from across Blackburn, to engage with the festival and link with other creative experiences in the town’s centre. The venue has both facilities for small catered events and exhibition space which are already being incorporated in many of the Bureau’s organised activities. This allows for a variety of indoor crafts while providing display space for both the festival and future creative arts. Outdoor areas adjacent to the Bureau can also be utilised during the festival, providing one of few green spaces that can be used for marquee space and larger festival stalls.
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KEY LOCATIONS POST - FESTIVAL. THE BUREAU Drawing from the events of the Festival of Making,The Bureau would be able to expand on its local community interaction by facilitating community arts events and workshops similar to those in the Festival of Making. The small exhibition spaces provided in The Bureau could be allocated to fringe or community art practices and exhibitions. While larger and more established art works may be better shown in the Cotton Exchange, The Bureau could easily collaborate having joint events playing to each venue’s strengths. Independent business may be used to encourage additional revenue for the creative industries through community involvement, whilst also complementing the ethos of The Bureau.
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KEY LOCATIONS DURING FESTIVAL. BAROQUE The space located directly outside the unused Baroque pub provides a pivotal space for routes passing through Blackburn during the Festival of Making. Due to the proximity of the King Georges Hall and Blackburn College, the heavy footfall makes this area key to bringing in the public during the festival. Wayfinding and public interventions such as sign posting and visual queues should help the public with directions to and from the festival and it’s key events. Other events and activities such as fairs and stalls would also allow a continuous narrative of creativity as the public pass into the festival and the city centre. The Baroque pub could easily be converted into a small space for creative works, or even craft beers, during or after the festival.
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KEY LOCATIONS POST - FESTIVAL. BAROQUE The Baroque has a primary use of a pub which can be reinstated once its development has been finalised, creating a social hub and a much needed night life. After the Festival of Making, and the broader Creative Capital has been implemented, the Baroque can help maintain a sustainable community for both existing and new small to large businesses. Due to it’s prime location near the King Georges Hall, it would also benefit by supporting existing creative venues. The Baroque pub could also be seen as a catalyst for a greater interest in activity and a ‘test bed’ for other similar ventures in Blackburn, promoting a sustainable and attractive night time economy.
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POST FESTIVAL. APP AND ATMOSPHERE The festival will create and test many ideas that will be used as a catalyst for the future of the festival and Blackburn’s Creative Capital. Three main aspects will provide the change for Blackburn’s creative culture, atmosphere, the digital platform, and the remains of the festivals making.
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Atmosphere Festivals are occasions of joy and excitement, this in turn leaves memory. The Festival of Making will be used as a catalyst, raising aspirations and creating inspiration for the future of Blackburn. The spaces used, items made, and events attended will influence people of Blackburn and Nationally the opportunities that Blackburn has to offer. This in turn will provide local businesses and creative incentives to start creative industries and the regeneration of Blackburn as the Creative Capital. Nationally, Blackburn will be recognised and remembered for the Festival of Making; bringing people together to create and make. Application The Festival of Making phone application will provide a digital platform for both venue owners and the public. Individuals will be able to view events, venues information and locate their specified interest with reminders of timings and dates of workshops and performances. The venues around Blackburn will also have a digital platform so they can network and collaborate with other venues for future events, and advertise their own. The current situation for collaboration and advertising of events for venues such as the Bureau is a struggle at times, this application will build a digital platform to provide a long term infrastructure for Blackburn’s Creative Capital.
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The consistent aesthetic of the furniture ties venues and businesses together, providing a coherent, physical manifestation of the new integrated Creative Capital.
The physical interventions invigorates the spaces which are in some cases tired and in need of renovation.
The considered life cycle of the installations and furniture ensure its impact on existing and future resources is kept to a minimum.
POST FESTIVAL. FURNITURE
The furniture and physical assets that bring the Festival of Making to life will be reappropriated once the festival event is over. All the items will be donated to cultural venues, community groups, businesses or creative industries in and around Blackburn; not only does this ensure a long term function for all these hand crafted items but also has a significant benefit for the people, communities and businesses of the area, aligning the life cycle of the furniture with goals of the brief to promote Blackburn as a self-sustaining Creative Capital. With many venues or community groups either in their infancy or working on minimal budgets, such as the Bureau or Wesley Hall, this recycling of furniture will be invaluable to their ability to sustain themselves by providing vibrant physical assets to enhance their spaces and improve the facilities they can offer.
Wayfinding can be upcycled for indoor use as internal partitions, sculptures or installations.
Reused items act as a visual reminder of the Festival of Making, evoking a positive memory, enhancing the legacy of the festival.
Furniture provides an essential resource that can be used as seating for events, performances or on a daily basis in cafes and restaurants.
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PROJECT MANIFESTO. OVERVIEW
CURRENT MODEL
The brief sets out a task to connect social and creative capital in the city of Blackburn, combined with a desire to plan and curate the Festival of Making. a three phase strategy has been developed in order to achieve these goals. A document identifying the existing capital a festival to raise aspirations of the town and a lasting legacy that uses the platforms and built infrastructure of the festival leading to Blackburn as the Creative capital of the UK. The festival therefore becomes a vehicle to achieve the long term goals of Blackburn Council and Blackburn is Open for a sustainable creative economy.
CULTURAL REGENERATION
ASPIRATIONAL MODEL
ECONOMIC REGENERATION
CULTURAL REGENERATION
BLACKBURN: CREATIVE CAPITAL LIVE PROJECT Introduce a Creative Framework Develop the Physical Opportunities Enhance Community Outreach CLAIRE TYMON
Our brief analysis built on the idea of connections; elements that come together to achieve a coherent and resilient whole. This project has kept this idea of connection and uses several interventions to connect people, makers and venues together in the short term and in the long term. The manifesto of the project therefore reflects our original brief diagram, responding to the needs of the client and the needs of Blackburn as a whole. This is achieved through The Shuttle and the legacy of the festival’s connections and collaborations to develop and sustain the Creative Capital.
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ECONOMIC REGENERATION
BLACKBURN CREATIVE CAPITAL
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