Garden stakes / bunting ties

For bunting - Stakes
http://www.ukgardensupplies.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ukgardensupplies.co.uk%2facatalog%2fTrellis.html&WD=stake&PN=Plant_Support_Stakes.html%23a1_21446#a1_21446]

These are better!!
http://www.charliesdirect.co.uk/products/gardman-lantern-border-hook-various-sizes

van

http://www.vanhire-london.com/display.php?popup=false&entry=4

£55 +VAT

+£200 deposit

Hackney Van Hire

http://www.vanhire-london.com/boleyn-vanhire-vehicles.php?cat=13

http://www.vanhire3000.com/VanSearchResults.do;jsessionid=34AA66499BC3D2E47AE0E1040B331E9D.node12d

http://www.020.co.uk/v/van-hire/london.shtml

Seaside Cardboard Cutouts!

http://www.cardboardcutout.net/layout1.jsp?page=prod&prod=193926&s1=33&s0=&s2=621&title=Stand%20Ins&stitle=Stand%20Ins


http://www.justforfun.co.uk/product/cardboard-cutout-seaside-couple/ASC134/

I want one!

Donkey Update

Can only afford a donkey for kids. They will bring 2 with them which is great!

For the adults - a man dressed as a donkey and my dad is kindly going to try and make a go-kart that can be pulled by donkey man.

Wonder how the council will feel about that?!

Donkey is back on!!!

For some reason the parks have now said that I can give donkey rides, which is great as I have not been able to think of a better idea.

Donkey Situation

No Donkey!!!
Humpf

Any suggestions Phil? Lottie?

Was thinking a piggy back ride with someone with a donkey head of panto donkey? Or a little cart with someone dressed as a donkey?

Other gestures:
Ice Cream van? No need to hire just tell them where the crowd is!
http://www.countyfetes.co.uk/directory/southeast/fooddrink/icecreamvans/page1.htm

More games to have there that do not need much supervision to drum up the crowd:
stocks and sponges: http://www.bigfunuk.com/stocks.htm

Perhaps and punch and judy show. hmm i am taking it to far again!

Sandpit has landed

more toy boats

http://www.toyday.co.uk/shop/bath-toys/balloon-powered-boat/prod_3390.html

http://www.wheniwasakid.co.uk/balloon-powered-boat-540-p.asp

Sandpit

Bought sand and buckets and spades, but alas the pit will not arrive until Monday or Tuesday, just want it to be here so that I can experiment before evaluation day! I will focus on the viewfinders instead

Prototype of Seaside Viewfinder

Hopefully it will be made from piping and wood

Extreme simplification

Why not just have brilliant viewfinders? and no game? An small installation. I could spend the budget on brlliant prints on ascetate. Actaully, that's just not enough, not the way that I work. I needs to have more. Hmm Deckchairs?

Which bunting is best I wonder?

http://www.partybox.co.uk/general-party-products/Bunting-Multi-coloured-120ft-outdoor-suitable_4246.htm

http://www.hampshireflag.co.uk/bunting.html#heavydutybunting

??????

Viewfinder

Prototype for viewfinder made! photos to flollow.

tshirts

http://www.topman.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=0&viewAllFlag=&catalogId=17551&storeId=12555&categoryId=73914&parent_category_rn=38973&productId=1453107&langId=-1

http://www.atomretro.com/product_info.cfm?product_id=2102&d=SIXTIES-MOD-RETRO-STRIPEY-T-SHIRT-INDIE-TOP

better cheaper and from woolworths bunting

http://www.woolworthsparty.co.uk/ConfirmCartItem.aspx?ProductID=BUNTMULT&PageID=825&PT=P

bunting

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/120ft-Coloured-Plastic-Bunting-fetes-fayres-carnival_W0QQitemZ380154169589QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_Celebrations_Occasions_ET?hash=item5882f448f5

bunting 36metres

cheap cable ties

http://www.toolspot.co.uk/category/cable-ties-and-connectors

sandpit £100!

http://bit.ly/cJpTMr

but it is a good size!

Perfect Lights

These are perfect and 10metres long!
http://bit.ly/dxgAOE

Structure Plan

After confiring with a designer I have come to the conclusion that MDF cut to size for the base, would be the cheapest and easiest option(http://www.mdfcuttosize.com/mdf/index.php). This will be acurate measurements, which I need to fit the Octagon shape, will then attach hinges and fix together in two parts. This can then be easily assembled on the day and easily stored.

Next are the poles, trying to find some free standing ones to hire, which can then be decorated and have fabric going up to the middle pole/spire. These again would be great as they are ready made for the day.

Costume Updated

I have decided to try and find some pjamamas to alter for the costumes. It will be cheaper and be more comfortable.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Toyday-Traditional-Classic-Toys-Rubber/dp/B002852AIK/ref=sr_1_43?ie=UTF8&s=kids&qid=1267643599&sr=1-43

http://www.chocolatebuttons.co.uk/nostalgic-sweets/lollipops.html?p=2&limit=30

possible prizes

Costumes

I went to the Costume Studio and the bathing auits are very tight! Not sure that this is what I am looking for. Humpf.

Need photographer shrapish for publicity photgraphs.

Waves of fear come over me as I realise how much I am going to spend on various things, the donkey being a huge chunk of that. May have to make some decisions and cut a few things out!

more bulbs

http://www.glossopgardencentre.com/catalog/outdoor-party-lights-p-69.html

These look like the ones that I want, not very bright, it will be in the day time so birghtness is most important

ducan's toy chest

http://www.duncanstoychest.co.uk/large-castle-bucket

a place to get all the toys on the cheap. Buckets, spades, even flags if i want

more cheap sand

http://tiny.cc/siU14

sandpit sand

£5.99 for 25KG pretty good. Just how much would I need??

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Childrens-Playpit-Sand-25kg-Bag/dp/B00275NP8U

This is the place to hire the costume

£30 (plus VAT) for 2 costumes for 7 days! Best deal I have found yet
http://www.costumestudio.co.uk/costumes1.html

swimsuits to hire

range of victorian swinsuits to hire: £35 each!

http://tinyurl.com/ydt9qp6

costume idea

Roll up roll up

bulbs

http://tinyurl.com/yg5xsbo

it is difficult to find the bulbs that i want for the bandstand, i want bulbs like the ones used in a house, but so far can only find pointed shape

A new stage has begun

Everything has come together in one neat? package. After 2 weeks of dodgy drawings and scribblings, notes and spider diagrams I have produced an actual thing! I have created something which I can now actually do and design and build. I spent ages trying to include all the bits of research and stories by having lots of different activities and stages and clues. Now I have one contained event which can draw on all of the influences...

The Sandcastle game. Names? ''Just like Margate'', ''When you was a boy, you looked out and thought you was at sea'', ''Pick the past'' they need a lot of work...

Arch

Rose arch, alcove = same shape. Arches are a gateway into something, a gateway to the past. Arches on the seafront in Brighton...

Progress

After researching newspapers stories at Tower Hamlets Archives, I have a good grounding of images and nuggets of information about what the park was like and what has happened there. It was a park for community cohesion, tea dances, concerts, a lido, boat rides, fishing, bathing and more!
There is alot of nostalgia surrounding the park and lost history which has literally been concreted over. The park has gone from a pretty place with art deco buidlings and forests to flat green open space with vandalism and a lost community.
Interviews that I have been successful, and a little depressing.

I want to make a non-exclusive peice of work-open to everyone, I want to make something which will connect the users of th epark with the past and how the park was to perhaps make them appreciate it more and think how it could be.

Sufragette

http://www.workerspower.com/index.php?id=38,351,0,0,1,0

The sufragette rallies in east end in vicky park

first rock against racism

http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/victoria-park-1978.html

dockers

Choose note to vote

Rallys

National Union of Railway Workers' Rally.

Reagular meeting place for rallys

churches

http://www.vpbc.org.uk/

Been there since 1869. Another group to ask? How to approach a church? What do I want to know.

Wonder if they have archives?

Joshua Sofaer

http://www.joshuasofaer.com/texts/exhibit_sfmoma.html#

''Scavengers''

At the San Francisco Hunt (video) Multi-layered clues with performers. They were written clues to start, then performers reveal the object that needs to be collected. On a very large scale.
Around 50 teams who run around and collect the objects, they get brought back and exhibited by Sofaer. The clues are all inspired and sensitive to the city that it is in (in each of the different cities, Edinburgh etc)

The prize was £2,000/$4,000. The exhibiton at end is a great idea, challenging what modern art is, what can you call art? The objects were only in the museum for a few days making it performative and challenging the object/artefacts that would have been there months/years.

I really like Scavengers - the ordinary objects that are collected become the treasure, displayed in a pleasing way. It is very heavy on the teams/audience participating. If none of the audience were up for it, it wouldn't of worked.

Treasure Hunting

http://www.thisisliveart.co.uk/pdf_docs/DIY5_Report.pdf (p19-22)Yara El-Sherbini

''Hunting for Treasure''
Quite simple-it uses 4 objects from newcastle as the treasure. From this it looks like the main aspect was the collaborative process and looks like it was successful for being a simple idea. Form th pictures looks like it was presented well - uses a mix of techniques, audio, live interactions and food tastings and costumes. Wonder what the cryptic clues where like? Seems like they were hard from looking at the inspiration ''Anax''.

Over complicating the treasure and route could be a barrier. Clues, the look of the peice and the journey that the participants go on is important.

In this document particapants have feedback-when I interview participants get feedback. If I visit groups perhaps I can give a workshop?

Model Boat CLub

Oldest model boat club in the world apparently!

Been very difficult to track down but found and email address, perhaps park ranger would know?

http://www.meridienneexhibitions.co.uk/exhibitors.php?type=club&id=0000000002

people to contact

Nursing Home-perhaps people there have lived in the area for a longer time? The home is literally on teh park on Cadogan Terrace at Queens Gate I think

http://www.anchor.org.uk/OurServices/ServiceSearch/Monarch-Court/ServiceDetail/serviceid=11515

School? The school maay use the park for various activites

http://www.cardinalpole.co.uk/

Victoria Park and Tower Hamlets Athletics Club-'The Harriers' are quite new but the club has a longer history-they are based on the park at Molesworthe Gate
http://www.vphthac.org.uk/

Helena Goldwater

http://www.homeliveart.com/past-projects/site-specific/112-cleanliness-is-next-to-godliness-

Good example of location and content being one

Alcoves

Victorian alcoves taken from London Bridge when it was knocked down and rebuilt in 1830.
Like these and would like to use them in some way for the hunt.
They are on the east side of the park.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Victoria_Park_proposal_1841.jpg

map

http://archivemaps.com/mapco/cross/cross07.htm

link to an 1850 map on london-park open to public in 1845 must me knew map.