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Folding Clouds & Hoovering Hills images by Chris Lesle | Giant | Neil Thomas Douglas
The Giant Children's Cabaret
February 2011
Background to the Project
Children from Mile End, Oscar’s and FARE Out of School groups participated in a series of cabaret masterclasses. These experimental sessions the children from these groups to collaborate with professional performers, sharing their ideas, expertise and creativity.
The result was The Giant Children’s Cabaret, a rare chance for families as audience members to experience a live performance (at the Tron Theatre) developed by children and artists in a professional setting.
Click this link for The Giant Children's Cabaret video on YouTube.
The Giant Factory / Folding Clouds & Hoovering Hills
June, July, August 2010
The Giant Factory allowed children to become artists, designers and architects as they collaborated with the Giant creative team (two visual artists and a sound artist) to transform the T5 space at Tramway into an interactive installation (Folding Clouds & Hoovering Hills) for families to explore.
Collaborating with the Giant artists, children from Barnardos APNA South, Dixon's Young Carer's project and the Tramway Visual Arts group experienced a range of creative activites as they experimented with colour, shape, texture and sound to develop ideas that were translated into vibrant arts pieces.
The result of this process was a true celebration of children as artists. Nearly 4000 people visited the space to turn the huge kaleidoscopes; clamber through the log tunnel; mould the giant pipecleaners; and
make music in the sound dome.
Oh and not forgetting the relaxing that happened on the felt hills (popular with the adults!)
Click on the image to view the slideshow