The project is up and running. The exhibition opens on Monday the 11th of Jan and closes on Saturday the 30th of Jan 2010.
Image courtesy of artist Emily Speed
Grundy Art Gallery presents Collaborate and Make: Cardboard City, the culmination of a week long project in which artist, Emily Speed, has been commissioned to engage Blackpool Schools in contemporary arts practice.
The exhibition includes a transitory cityscape installation made entirely from everyday packaging materials, the ephemeral qualities of which will juxtapose against the solid and immovable Edwardian architecture of the gallery. Bringing these two building approaches into one space presents the temporary and fragile against the monumental and strong.
It is apt that Speed creates this transient city at a time when Blackpool is transforming through construction and regeneration, as these assembled habitats for an unknown population demonstrate the fragility of a community and its buildings.
It is apt that Speed creates this transient city at a time when Blackpool is transforming through construction and regeneration, as these assembled habitats for an unknown population demonstrate the fragility of a community and its buildings.
Special thanks to the schools who worked alongside Speed in the gallery, to create and construct this imaginary cardboard city.
Here are some images of the exhibition:
