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Untitled blog post from "Sunniside Burlesque"
Wednesday 21st May, the day of the shoot: 11am: We began our photo-shoot at the Theatre Restaurant, John Street, not far from Sunniside Gardens. The Theatre Restaurant supported our project by offering us their attic studio space for costume change. […]
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We hadn`t planned, at the beginning of the project, that our photo-shoot would have a Victorian feel. So it was interesting that the characters that appealed were from the mid 1800s. This of course has meant that we have been […]
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Untitled blog post from "Sunniside Burlesque"
Our vision for the photo-shoot is to organize an event which facilitates collaboration between local businesses, and a mix of artists, student artists, designers and photographers. As Art-wave weaving together the strands of this collaborative mix has become our art. […]
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The meeting last Monday was a good chance to discuss how the characters are developing, and the practicalities of getting everyone together for a photoshoot. Setting a date was quite a logistical task, but we are now on a countdown […]
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We have been doing alot of our communicating and decision making by email. So tomorrow it will be good to have the chance to all get together again in the same space. Phil put us in touch with Shambles vintage […]
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We have really felt that to make this project complete we need a character related to the ship-building industry. With this in mind Phil has chosen French shipbroker Wigdohn Edouard, living at no 14 during the 1800s. Phil has also […]
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Gemma`s chosen character is Mary A Jedbal, aged 28 at the time of the 1861 census, a dressmaker at no 25 Norfolk Street – though Eauzone cafe bar now stands on the site of 25. We are planning that Gemma`s […]
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We have been researching and compiling census information for a while, and have come up with some potentially colourful characters. For example Sampson Turner, aged 66 years, a primitive methodist minister, at 14 Norfolk Street in the 1861 census. Whats […]
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We`ve been fortunate enough to be funded by Sunniside Partnership to develop a project idea, and to offer Gemma a residency to work with us in Sunniside. Gemma`s residency is spread over a couple of months so there`s plenty of […]
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Untitled blog post from "New Art Exchange … Exchanging Spaces"
The opportunity of using the former Labour Exchange was given to us immediately following the MA public exhibition 16 07, so the name of the exhibition became the name of the artist group. The generous exchange of space between property […]