Joined in the studio by artist and project organiser, Shaun C Badham for MORNING.
Project MORNING.
The Laindon Launch which will include walking tours around the former plotlands of Victoria Park and a chance to enjoy the new park designed by HAGS-SMP.
In the evening there is the opportunity to discuss Laindon’s past, present and future, where we will be presenting new artwork and ephemera at King Edward Community Centre.
Laindon Launch: Saturday 24th September 2016
17:00 – 18:30 Victoria Park, Victoria Road, Basildon, SS16 6RN
19:00 – 21:00 King Edward Community Centre, King Edward Road, SS15 6HL
There will be refreshments and snacks available. MORNING is a long-term art project that attempts to identify the correlation between a series of climbing frames, designed in the 1970s & situated in Victoria Park, Laindon, with the area’s inclusion in the Basildon New Town experiment, and their simultaneous periods of change.
When peeling back the layers of history that can be found in Victoria Park one can begin to learn about Basildon– from the Plotlands to the New Town experiment. MORNING’s aims were to consider this history while setting out to save and restore the park’s heritage climbing frames, giving them a new lease of life. They will be painted in a UV sensitive paint, so when a UV torch is shone on them at night, they will glow.
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MORNING is part of the Radical Essex programme for more events check out the website here: https://www.radicalessex.uk/event/morning/