100w artists are currently in the production phase of 4 centre piece figures for Brighton Festivals’ Children’s Parade. 100w have been commission by the parade organisers, Same Sky to make 4 figures that represents the four ages of the their theme for this years parade entitled: The Story of Stories. The giant figures represent prehistory/the ancient world, the dark/middle ages, enlightenment and the industrial revolution and finally the modern age.
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100w are a collective of artists producing community and studio based work
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Polska Pani
100w artist Jo Coles was recently commissioned by ’The Making’ (www.themaking.co.uk ) to create a giant wooden folk figure inspired by her frequent trips to Poland. The Polish lady or Polska Pani was featured at Basingstokes World Party in the Park as part of the Cultural Olympiad celebrations.
Brighton Festival Open House 2011
For the 3rd year 100w opened our ‘house’ to the Brighton Festival and joined the Beyond The Level Open House Trail
100w created a fresh body of work at our new workshop that drew inspiration from the title: HUNG, DRAWN AND QUARTERED.
More pictures can be found on personal pages and on the gallery page
Stoke on Trent Light Night
100w travelled to Stoke on Trent on the 18th of November to be part of Stoke on Trent City Partnerships Light Nght Event. At the beginning of the month we spent a day with children at Hanley Forest Park School and made 50 star lanterns with them.
Back at the studio we made three lanterns that represented the theme of Transformation, Unity and Light. These became a Phoenix, a Griffin and a Pegasus. On the 18th we had a great evening parading the mythcal beasts with the stars, school children and teachers through the middle of the town and enjoying the other entertainments
Please see our mythical beasts page for more pictures of the lanterns. They are now hanging in Victoria Hall in Stoke on Trent for the Festive season .
News: Light Night Commission
100w has been commissioned to work with 60 children from Hanley Forest Park Primary School to make lanterns for the Light Night in Stoke on Trent on the 18th November.
During October 100w are in the studio making 3 lanternised mythical creatures that will accompany the children on the parade.
After the event the 3 lanterns will be hung in the Atrium of Victoria Hall in Stoke on Trent for the duration of the Christmas season.
More details will follow, but do follow the link for more info about the Light Night events www.visitstoke/lightnight.aspx
100w open house for Brighton Festival 2010 ‘Out of the Woods’
Out of the Woods provided the 4 artists from 100w the opportunity to reflect on their past work and the time to explore ideas for future large pieces.
100w chose to use found or naturally sourced materials as they explored the woodland theme.
The work was set to the backdrop of an ‘enchanted forest’ which are cardboard trees made for a previous project. The month long open house was held at Same Sky’s production centre.
‘the enchanted forest’ car free day, Brighton, 20th September 2009
Our First large scale public art event was Car Free Day on 20th September. We not only tendered for commission from Brighton and Hove Council, we managed and made the artefacts for the project. We also put together a production crew and installed and removed the installation.
An installation of 110 cardboard free standing trees. The trees represented the trees of England but were influenced with east European folk-lore and Grimms fairytales aesthetics
Each tree was painted in one of three shades of green and held highly decorated and colourful fruit/nuts/wildlife
Trees were various sizes from 3ft to 10ft tall and 3 dimensional
As you passed through the trees the rich and diverse sounds of the forest were heard, 4 armchairs were transformed to create a contemplative rest point holding secret sound systems.
Car free day is an annual event in Brighton and attracts thousands of visitors, many of whom meandered and played through our forest
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OUR HOUSE (the incandescent bulb and beyond)
OUR HOUSE (the incandescent bulb and beyond)
Part of the Open House Trail for Brighton Festival 2009
OUR HOUSE was a thought provoking and topical concept based exhibition, exploring the form and role of the incandescent light bulb through a range of media.
In the spirit of its host, Same Sky, 100w requested community inclusion -a tenement building was erected. 6 tenants in their ‘rented’ room explored the theme of the INCANDESCENT LIGHT BULB
While surrounding the ‘tenement’ the four artists that are 100w explored the light bulb in more detail. They created 3d and 2d work using a variety of materials and techniques
