I’m involved in one of the shortlisted projects for Artists Taking the Lead, which is a competitive pitch to the Arts Council who will be awarding several groups £500,000 for artistic projects to tie in with the Olympic games.
A big prize for the successful artists! Here’s the idea:
The Online Speaking Clock
Dave Blake proposes to create a unique digital archive with the people of South East England telling the time whilst going about their everyday lives. 1,440 different people would tell the time each day – one person for each minute of the day. The films would portray a true and positive representation of 24 hours in the south east, embracing the region’s diversity. To realise this project, 288 filmmakers ranging from leading British directors to students from the South East will be invited to make five one-minute films each. Produced by Fuel, the project will be led by Dave Blake.
I’ll let you guess what my part of the project is - something to do with the Web, perhaps?
It’s quite unusual for me (and actually quite liberating) having the idea online as something you can talk about while the pitch is happening. So rather than people asking me “so Stef, what are you working on” and having to play mystery man I can actually blog about it.
More open pitches I say - a simple idea to encourage open innovation in the arts.
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