Wysing Arts_ communal amphitheatre
A really exciting project taking is place in Cambourne this summer with Wysing Arts. This large scale project will be the creation of a giant outdoor structure using only found and discarded materials. They need you to get involved – by give them your unwanted building materials or by joining in the designing and building of the structure.
This large communal structure is being headed by Berlin based artists Folke Köbberling and Martin Kaltwasser. You are all invited to work together on building the main structure, the amphitheatre, connect your own structures to it – anything goes! The only things you need bring with you are very basic carpentry skills (training will be given) and a willingness to experiment with scale, materials and concepts.
Wysing wants to encourage the communities surrounding us to work and play together. Influenced by the writings of American academic Robert Putnam who refers to “the collective value of all social networks and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other”.
Putnam’s concept of social capital stresses the importance of social ties among communities : “increased co-operation, collaboration and trust .. leads to .. better opportunities, health,
quality of life and neighbourliness”
Through this project Wysing is seeking to “raise levels of social capital locally, by developing experimental models of artistic activity and production”.
From 19 May onwards Wysing’s gallery has become a repository for unwanted and discarded, found and recycled materials, so if you are throwing away wood, windows, doors or any other kinds of structural materials, please let them know and they will take it off your hands.
International Residency with Folke Köbberling & Martin Kaltwasser takes place from July 16th and runs until August 31st.
To register your participation, or your unwanted building material, please contact info@wysingartscentre.org or 01954 718881.
www.wysingartscentre.org
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