Green Space Dark Skies
“ Aside from creating skills and jobs we ’ re using the project to promote the UK as a creative centre abroad .” - Martin Green
the world for years to come . There are softer economic benefits ; it ’ s about the legacy of inspirational and building careers and skilling up .
We know that we are one of , if not the global centre of event production in the UK but in order to maintain that position you have to constantly refresh things and I think that ’ s what Unboxed can do . Aside from creating skills and jobs we ’ re using the project to promote the UK as a creative centre abroad . So there is a hard economic side to this .
Can you give me examples of aspects of the project that have particularly impressed you ? The sheer scale of what we ’ re doing on See Monster ; we are bringing this decommissioned North Sea offshore platform in to Weston-super-Mare .
The technical engineering on that is going to be phenomenal . There ’ s an enormous amount of work behind pulling it out of the sea and taking it up the beach and lifting it in .
We also have a project called Our Place In Space , which is a scale model of the solar system on a 10 kilometre site in Northern Ireland and Cambridge . It ’ s accompanied by an app . You can walk along the trail and the app fills in the stars , it ’ s really family friendly . You can also use the app anywhere in the world while taking a walk of up to 10K , and at certain points it ’ ll bring the planets up next to wherever you are . I think that ’ s a really interesting way of demonstrating how we can start to really blend live events and technology with extended experiences .
The Unboxed projects :
• About Us – Produced by 59 Productions , it explores 13.8 billion years of history using projection mapping technology incorporating poetry and music performed by live choirs .
• Dandelion – Produced by Dandelion Collective and commissioned by EventScotland . A Scotland-wide project inspired by the global ‘ grow-your-own ’ movement . It will feature vertical farms , free music festivals and plant giveaways that reimagines the harvest festival for the 21st century .
• Dreamachine – Produced by Collective Act . Presented in the UK ’ s capital cities , an artwork experienced with your eyes closed that unlocks the power of the human mind .
• GALWAD : A Story from our Future - Produced by Collective Cymru . A transmedia experience that sees Wales propelled thirty years into the future , commissioned by CreativeWales .
• Green Space Dark Skies – Produced by Walk the Plank . With 20,000 “ lumenators ” creating outdoor artworks in 20 of the UK ’ s National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty .
• Our Place in Space – Produced by Nerve Centre . A 10km sculpture trail scale model of the solar system designed by artist Oliver Jeffers including an interactive augmented reality app , commissioned by Belfast City Council .
• PoliNations – Produced by Trigger , it will see giant fabricated trees and thousands of plants take over the centre of Birmingham , creating a colourful canopy for a festival of live performance including spoken word , music and drag .
• See Monster – Produced by Newsubstance . A decommissioned North Sea offshore platform in Weston-super-Mare transformed into one of the UK ’ s largest public artworks .
• StoryTrails – Produced by StoryFutures , it uses new developments in 3D internet technology and augmented and virtual reality to reveal the hidden and forgotten histories across 15 UK towns and cities .
• Tour de Moon – Produced by Nelly Ben Studios . A festival of nightlife and countercultures travelling in convoy around England .
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