THE LOCATION IS WHERE IT SHOULD BE – Jan 2011

4^th Jan 2011

Hi Steve,

Yes I'm not excitied by Prehen now - lets ditch it and move on.

Ebrington may have possibilities - I know it and the big plans they have - I'd need some convincing to become part of the that brokered culture tho. It seems a bit difficult tho - I'm trying to imagine the context and loadings.

I have a lot of interest in your thoughts truning to either really outside (natural) or really inside articifial (a proper gallery or studio space)

In terms of outside.......I'm very excited by these thoughts

Here's a quick mind flow:

If we were able to something really cool and ambitious and challenging:

I would:

set up a camp / installation / workshop outside at a climbing spot such as Shroove (thro the pirate arch - access would be easier through that field...), or the other climbing spot near the pier in Culdaff (which has a camping area), Kinnegoe?

Where we would basically live creatively for a week (or however long) conituning dance, climbing and crossover activities and "outputting" more resolved outcomes to audiences at specified times - but could also include social activites, meals, talks, screening etc. could also be patrticpatory - workshops?

The camp could be quite shanty town - tents etc - but also some kind of lean-to maybe - a make shift cinema / shelter /climbing structure / platform???

Small petrol generator

video projectors

speakers

cooking stuff

big white boards / black boards

It might mean we invite some other people to inhabit the camp also?

Audience transportation coould be part of it - maybe with a derry venue component

ALL THIS WOULD BE SO BRILLIANT TO DO - WOW!!!!!!! this would host a lot of the cultural / lifestyle apects of the sport not sport debate.

The big issues are of course - weather, permissions, transportation, sustainability (how do we manage an off-site over a period of time)

And you previously mentioned being in ROI would be difficult in terms of Legacy Trust...but maybe we could argue this - and especially if there is a start point and component in derry (bus pick up venue and event / screening etc??)

The flip side of this - is that this is basically what happens in our expedition period and we bring all this inside to a "non-natural" space and re-inhabiti it somehow.

So this leave us looking for a venue again....

The tower in cushendal is lovely - I've stayed in it once. Not sure how it would accommodfate audience tho - but it has a small outside area. It's in quite a good location for climbing (fairhead).

Other places in NI - Murlough bay - Fairhead (National Trust own it - they also have a cottage for hire there I think...). Fair head is a big area for climbing - quite intimidating - but some stuff we could do together.

dan