Art in Schools & Communities
Aylsham Afloat was a collaboration devised by Jessica Perry: floating waxed lanterns drift around on the water, in the dark, on Aylsham High School's swimming pool.
This collaborative educational project promoted Aylsham, its independent shops and its residents.
Copy and paste the following link to view the short, beautiful musical video of the event and the making of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNLUT9M8sts
This collaborative educational project promoted Aylsham, its independent shops and its residents.
Copy and paste the following link to view the short, beautiful musical video of the event and the making of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNLUT9M8sts
Aylsham Wide Sky Festival 2015 - Vivat Aylsham
featuring a short film now on YouTube of the live art event filmed in the swimming pool at Aylsham High School.
Illuminated floating lanterns at Aylsham High School swimming pool
06/12/2015
Made as a live film and photographic event, and a community art project, this ambitious collaboration showcases the imagination and life of this market town in a beautiful, evocative and unique way.
Paper bags were drawn on by 60 Yr 7/8 students, using felt tips, to describe the shop-fronts of the town.
Jessica then dipped and sealed the bases with hot wax, and then a team of staff, students, volunteers and friends filmed and photographed the night-time floating on the school pool.
There were also two synchronised swimmers in the pool too, helping to move the lanterns.
Residents of the town were also invited to draw their own house fronts as paper lanterns to add to the third staged floating event.
The bags were also floated during the Aylsham Festival (22 - 26 May 2015) on a medieval garden pond in the heart of the town, with guided sunset walks organised where the public could view it all as it unfolded.
A projected 8-minute film and sets of postcards were produced to sell during and after the festival to support next years programme.
This popular project brought together an awareness of the diverse architecture and range of independent businesses in this town, and included all ages in the process
Paper bags were drawn on by 60 Yr 7/8 students, using felt tips, to describe the shop-fronts of the town.
Jessica then dipped and sealed the bases with hot wax, and then a team of staff, students, volunteers and friends filmed and photographed the night-time floating on the school pool.
There were also two synchronised swimmers in the pool too, helping to move the lanterns.
Residents of the town were also invited to draw their own house fronts as paper lanterns to add to the third staged floating event.
The bags were also floated during the Aylsham Festival (22 - 26 May 2015) on a medieval garden pond in the heart of the town, with guided sunset walks organised where the public could view it all as it unfolded.
A projected 8-minute film and sets of postcards were produced to sell during and after the festival to support next years programme.
This popular project brought together an awareness of the diverse architecture and range of independent businesses in this town, and included all ages in the process
