Soapbox 2011 Launch Event

Soapbox 2011 kicks off with a very special art installation from the Post Madanist Movement.......a VCR floor, VCR robot foot and a collection of analogue themed artwork from local photographer Liz Fraser and the Dont Think Twice Collective.

This years theme for the soapbox is collaboration between music, Visuals, performance and local businesses!

Live music will be provided by Organised Babble, this highly original band comprised of 6 musicians from various backgrounds.... The term 'Organised babble' sums them up pretty well!

More Bands TBC!

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Over the month of march, the Dont think Twice Collective will be hosting a series of public art/music/creative events. Designed in collaboration with various artist, musicians as well as local businesses.

Soapbox is a platform for opening up space's up to form a creative arena, offering visitors a selection of video, sculpture, painting and installation and providing St.Helens with an arts platform that encourages creative collaborations between art, music and commercial spaces

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The Wonderful adventures of Lazy Days.

Straight and to the point blog post (hopefully) on something I've been wondering all over for a while. How do you have a good adventure, which makes your week just a little bit better?

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1) Think of something fun: 

An idea, a project, a game, a word. Something beautiful, that makes you smile (or just has you giggling like a school-girl with excitement). 

2) Gather your supplies: 

-Something to record your findings: a notebook, a camera, or just a photographic memory. 

-Snacks! To feed you, and any angry trolls that may only be defeated with a bribe. 

-Your weapon of choice: anything from a small note you plan to leave on a pavement somewhere, to your fake handlebar mustache that'll aid you in some impromptu mime.

-And a smile: Your never fully dressed without one after all.

(Oh, and don't forget to draw a picture with a brain melting fushia background... I'm sorry... I don't know what came over me...)

3) Plan... or don't:

Sometimes the best adventures are completely unexpected, but if your a bit of a super-sleuth you may want to plan ahead for a seamless mission. 

4) Execute: 

This is your moment; your time to shine! Greet the outdoors with open arms and be on your way! Don't be scared, you can conquer anything. 

Complete your plan with the utmost of care, or a complete lack of, do what makes you smile. 

5) Go home and relax:

Your hard work has finally paid off, well done to you! Mission complete. 

Hints and tips: 

-Step out of your comfort zone, it's nicer than you'd think. 

-Sometimes the secret-est of missions are best conducted alone, but we're not MI5 (or are we?) so invite a friend! Make a day of it and go for a picnic. 

-Doing what makes other people smile too is almost the most important thing, being inconsiderate = a mission failed. 

Small acts of kindness should be completed every day, whether it's opening a door, leaving a note for someone, or showing your one-hundred person strong flash mob to the public. 

Be daring, be wonderful, and spread the love. 

GeckoGrace. x

(To hear about my planned adventures go to: www.graciepie.com)

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3D glass paintings

Using multiple layers of clear glass, Canada based David Spriggs and Chinese born Xia Xiaowan, transform flat artwork into 3D sculptures. Viewers are treated to different shifting perspectives of the works based on where they stand in the art space. Spriggs work revolves around powerful explosive imagery, often resembling storms, cosmic blasts or firework like explosions. Xiawan’s “spatial paintings,” which often feature distorted figures, are drawn individually using colored pencil on tinted glass. Only when these pieces are combined on their floor racks do the images create the whole hologram like effect.
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