alysonmckechnie.com

alysonsecondmentblog.wordpress.com

About | Secondment - Walk The Plank

https://alysonsecondmentblog.wordpress.com/about

Secondment – Walk The Plank. This blog is a for my secondment with Walk the Plank. I will be based in Manchester starting the project on Wednesday 7th October till Monday 7th December. Walk the Plank blend music, performance, fireworks and visual imagery to create original outdoor theatre. Walk the Plank often works with other companies, as well as artists, on collaborative projects, which enhance the work of all involved, and that have many (sometimes unexpected) outcomes to realise amazing events.

alysonsecondmentblog.wordpress.com

The Illuminated Art Car Parade. | Secondment - Walk The Plank

https://alysonsecondmentblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/the-illuminated-art-car-parade

Secondment – Walk The Plank. My practice. →. December 15, 2009 · 9:27 am. The Illuminated Art Car Parade. The Iluuminated Art Car Parade took place in both Manchester and Edinburgh City Centres. The events themselves though, were very different. What do audiences want? Can we fulfil the need of a public which does not often sign into the contractual agreement of buying tickets to see this event? Is the nature of free events in public space an invasion of common place? My practice. →. You are commenting u...

alysonsecondmentblog.wordpress.com

The Difference Engine | Secondment - Walk The Plank

https://alysonsecondmentblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/the-difference-engine

Secondment – Walk The Plank. How to maintain a honest voice in times of absence. The Illuminated Art Car Parade. →. December 11, 2009 · 11:02 am. Lots of eager faces, hands raised as far into the air as possible. Pick me, pick me. ‘this is much better, than maths.’ The Difference Engine was an interactive performance, ‘a time travelling steam-punk adventure through history’ taking place in the 1830’s warehouse within the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry. The piece was originally commissioned for...

alysonsecondmentblog.wordpress.com

Daily Practice | Secondment - Walk The Plank

https://alysonsecondmentblog.wordpress.com/daily-practice

Secondment – Walk The Plank. When I chose my daily practice this term I was influence by the book a mis-guide to anywhere. Within this there are tasks and thoughts to in order for you to reflect upon the surrounding you are faced with. Observation is key. As I am begin faced with a new city for the next two months, I chose my daily practice to involve walking around and exploring the new surroundings I am faced with. I will also be taking a picture of something which I find on my walk. I want to get fami...

alysonsecondmentblog.wordpress.com

My practice. | Secondment - Walk The Plank

https://alysonsecondmentblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/my-practice

Secondment – Walk The Plank. The Illuminated Art Car Parade. December 15, 2009 · 9:33 am. For the past nine weeks I have been walking. Before I leave for work, I step outside my front door and just walk. Where ever the streets take me. Round the houses. Down the lanes. Dodging in and out of the wheely bins. Looking at the lines which I see before, some I follow some I pass and see swerve off into the distance. The Illuminated Art Car Parade. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. You are co...

alysonsecondmentblog.wordpress.com

How to maintain a honest voice in times of absence. | Secondment - Walk The Plank

https://alysonsecondmentblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/how-to-maintain-a-honest-voice-in-times-of-absence

Secondment – Walk The Plank. The firework effect…. The Difference Engine →. December 10, 2009 · 2:31 pm. How to maintain a honest voice in times of absence. When beginning again to actively reflect in the form of this blog, I am struggling to find the voice for the writing which i had developed previously. Within time reflection is tainted with regrets, understand and censorship. How can we maintain an honesty to our reflections at the time with they were fresh? From All Our Noise. Enter your comment here.

alysonsecondmentblog.wordpress.com

The firework effect… | Secondment - Walk The Plank

https://alysonsecondmentblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/the-firework-effect

Secondment – Walk The Plank. Pyro Technician after a days hard work! How to maintain a honest voice in times of absence. →. November 16, 2009 · 12:19 am. The firework effect…. Having just recovered from an intense November 5th Week and my first stint as a pyrotechician I have alot of questions about the power of such great events. I am in the process of exploding the firework effect! But does it bring us back to the element of risk? Or perhaps it is both – as an audience we revel in the risk and ex...

alysonsecondmentblog.wordpress.com

December | 2009 | Secondment - Walk The Plank

https://alysonsecondmentblog.wordpress.com/2009/12

Secondment – Walk The Plank. Monthly Archives: December 2009. December 15, 2009 · 9:33 am. For the past nine weeks I have been walking. Before I leave for work, I step outside my front door and just walk. Where ever the streets take me. Round the houses. Down the lanes. Dodging in and out of the wheely bins. Looking at the lines which I see before, some I follow some I pass and see swerve off into the distance. December 15, 2009 · 9:27 am. The Illuminated Art Car Parade. It was not that in Manchester peo...

alysonsecondmentblog.wordpress.com

Pyro Technician after a days hard work! | Secondment - Walk The Plank

https://alysonsecondmentblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/pyro-technician-after-a-days-hard-work

Secondment – Walk The Plank. An extract on Culture and Society…. The firework effect… →. November 4, 2009 · 10:36 pm. Pyro Technician after a days hard work! An extract on Culture and Society…. The firework effect… →. One response to “. Pyro Technician after a days hard work! November 9, 2009 at 5:26 pm. Also have a look at. Http:/ www.artangel.org.uk/. For different examples of artists working in public spaces. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public).