IDEAS
For a peer feedback crit on the 21st 3 main ideas with in-depth research are needed, the crit's purpose is to then identify which is the more suitable, most interesting and most unique for the outcome so more detailed research an be conducted into the selected brief.
Event features needed - unique ( something no one else in the exhibition will have selected), celebratory (the event need to be something that can be looked on as a positive, celebrated), happened a long time ago (as the event needs to have significantly effected Leeds as a city, this need to seen in research so the effect of the event needs to be measurable) had a positive ethics /set to achieve a positive aim (this is will allow for more in-dept contextual research), something the people of Leeds are proud.
idea 1- Sherlock Guiness World Record
On the An incredible 443 people turned out in deerstalker hats with the aim of braking the world record for the most people dressed like Sherlock Holmes. The event was held at Temple Newsam, Leeds, West Yorks. The event saw fans set a new Guinness World Record for the most people dressed as the world's greatest detective.
Every participant received a deerstalker hat, pipe and magnifying glass on the day for an entry fee of £15. The minimum number of people required to set a new world records title was 250, which the event nearly doubled.
All money raised on the day went to the Leeds Teaching Hospitals to help raise funds for a new Yorkshire Brain Research Centre.
Chair Challenor-Chadwick, Appeal Director of the Yorkshire Brain Research Centre, said: "Sherlock is the perfect fit for brain research as the brainiest detective of all time was born in Yorkshire. He is helping us raise awareness of this much under-funded area to help patients with dementia, epilepsy, Parkinson's and MS."
The event saw world-wide support with donations from Chile, France, USA, Canada, Japan and Mexico. Sherlocks have been popping up from around the world on social media, with fans posting 'Sherlock selfies' to help raise awareness of brain research and the world record attempt.
The new research centre will help deal with life-limiting brain conditions, including Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and dementia. The centre will conduct research for patient benefit and will help scientists find new treatments and drug therapies.
By 2030 there will be a 20% increase in Parkinson's alone, a disease which affected the late Robin Williams, while numbers of dementia patients are expected to soar by 80%. Arguably the world's most famous fictional detective, Holmes has captivated fans since his creation by author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/sherlock-selfie---world-record-4140344
https://leeds-list.com/culture/preview-sherlock-holmes-world-record-attempt-at-temple-newsam/
http://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Yorkshire-Smashes-Sherlock-World-Record
-unique
-positive/celebrated
-happened a few years ago, the centre as been built http://www.ybrc.org.uk/
-positive aim as to raise money and awareness of brain health
idea 2 - Magical Lantern Festival
http://www.magicallantern.uk/yorkshire/
'The Magical Lantern Festival made its debut in Yorkshire at Roundhay Park in Leeds following the hugely successful UK launch in London 2 years ago.
The festival was open from Thursday to Sunday each week and open every day during the Xmas holidays apart from Xmas Eve and Xmas Day.
The Magical Lantern Festival is a spectacular fusion of art, heritage and culture. A stunning outdoor Xmas themed event, a festival of light and illumination. Visitors will follow a trail around Roundhay Park and explore amazing giant lanterns, which represent Xmas, traditional Chinese culture and the amazing 2000-year heritage of Lantern Festivals.
Visitors will enter the festival through a giant 16 metre wide lantern entrance feature before they embark on a fascinating journey through the park uncovering stunning lanterns in all shapes, colours and sizes from santa and reindeers to flowers and animals.
Providing visitors a truly amazing experience, a visual feast of light and illumination, hidden amongst the grandeur of Europe’s largest city park, which lends itself perfectly to the layout of the lanterns with its combination of lakes, woodland, gardens and pathways. Visitors see some of the most artistic and beautifully constructed lantern installations outside of China. The lanterns represent and celebrate Xmas and Chinese culture and heritage.'
-positive/celebrated
-happened last year, raised leeds city of culture, get attention to leeds as multi-cultured
- teaches and informs about the Chinese heritage and culture, teaches cultural awareness, show mixing of cultures
idea 3 - Suffragette Riot
At the Coliseum Cookridge Street (now 02 Academy) on October 10th 1908, the (Liberal) Prime Minister Asquith visited Leeds. The Suffragette and Suffragist movement had been active for many years in pursuit of votes for women, and took every opportunity to challenge and embarrass the government. The meeting for the PM was planned in the Coliseum and a great number of the tickets were overstamped “Men only”, and the door stewards were commanded to not allow any woman not holding one thus stamped; this was because the organisers knew that the suffragettes could disguise themselves to make them appear fully respectable members of a Liberal audience.
Meanwhile, in Victoria Square, a large meeting of unemployed took place by the Leeds Permanent Committee on Unemployment, chaired by a man, Mr. Kitson. As the PM Asquith approached the Coliseum, some 600 or so men moved up the hill to where Ms Baines was declaring that unemployment was “more a woman’s question than a man’s, for it was the wife that had to meet the landlord’s demand for rent”.
Precisely what happened next, and what was intended, remains unclear. The press, in the form of the Evening News and the Leeds Mercury, agreed that Ms Baines was heard to say “Break down the barricades and compel a hearing”, but it is not clear if this was intended as an explicit incitement to the men to interpret her literally. Whatsoever, there was a rush of people which was subsequently interpreted as a riot, although the only recorded damage was a broken pane of glass. It seems one stone was thrown which a policeman claimed had hit him, but no injury was recorded, to him or anyone else.
In Leeds, Kitson and five suffragettes were arrested. Trial proceedings dragged on into the next year and the excitement subsided, but Jennie Baines is recorded the honour of being the first suffragette to be imprisoned after conviction.
-unique
-positive/celebrated
-happened in 1908, helped the suffragette cause, cause media attention to be given for the cause
-positive aim as shows how far the women votes have come, was with the aim to get women votes/protest sexism
After looking at the collection of ideas formulated the suffragette events seem personally to be the most changing and engaging as it has help a massive nationwide change but this idea is being selected for Studio Brief 2 of this module therefore to avoid repetitive research this cannot be used for this brief as well.
No comments:
Post a Comment