Right, Friday 12th event planning at Jefferson Communications and Saturday 13th March with andreas (public works) doing something completely different. Well, event planning at Jefferson Communication was interesting, it was a good, sit down, cuppa tea chat with Ian, Martha and David who we talked with and helped us to plan the event on the 30th.
It crossed none of our minds to ask about the name Jeffersons, and it was inspired from Thomas Jefferson who was the author of the Declaration of Indepentence, thats all we knew anyway. Clearly the name had significance and is important to the company. Ian was the man in the middle, "Whai is your position in the company Ian?" asked Naomi I think, and David answered "Well, Ian is the co-founder, but made your cups of tea" And i thought that summed up Jeffersons pretty well, it's an inimate practice so it felt kinda relaxed but they handle some serious cases. At the beginning, yes it was like what do do for the final event? Any tips for it? Then it gradually progressed more into a chat and talking more about architecture, after all, they are placed near Liverpoll street with a view of the Gherkin from their window. Anyway, they helped us out tremendously and gave us lot ideas that we never thought of. A pleasent afternoon i thought. Those of you who are attending the final event are in for a treat.
And today at the Camden Arts Centre was fun. We met Andreas from Public works, who do amazing events and interventions in the public realm. The things he can do with a milk float are amazing. He's a cool guy but he challenged quite a bit. Well 'us' is to say Holly and I because of the horrid travel situation and all that unfortunate stuff. And our loose brief was to do for the pubic something in the public realm, not art or sculpture-based but an event, say a festival or a walk.
Holly and I were asked to develop them seperately, so the competition was on, Holly was more competive than me so I was a bit reluctant. But nevertheless we created some good stuff. I planned a cooking food market where people from all over can cook and eat. It would strech the whole of Charlton Market and hopefully bring back the spirit that the market bought there before. Holly's idea was to have public area where students after graduating from A levels and possibly before had the chance to exhibit teir work, the idea was to generate interest from prospective employers and universities. Look out for her blog for more on that idea. Andreas liked the orginality in Holly's, and so did i, and chose it to be the winner, Ruby chose me out of fairness and that was always going to be the result.
All in all, it was a good, fun, exhusting, interesting couple of days and looking forward to few days that we have.
Antony
