Events 2017

In case anybody doesn't know where to go for our first meeting we're in room CH513 at 10AM. See you guys there

We had an exciting meeting with our collaborator from Nexus Art Cafe, NQ! She's very much looking forward to provide us space for our activities in the 2nd week.

Our first session will be at room GM224 Geoffrey Manton Building from 9.00am - 11.00am, March 20th. Hope you are all well and see you there!

A photo from our usual meeting last week. We've finalised the last few details and we look forward to seeing you all on Monday 20th!

A late post of the event poster presentation few weeks back on February 16th! We would like to thank everyone for the kind attention during the brief presentation!

Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow in Chatham 515 at 10am where we will be having an introductory lecture from Dom Sagar on the Merz Barn, Kurt Schwitters and Dada art.

Remember our first day session tomorrow! See you at GM224 Geoffrey Manton Building at 9.00AM! Bring your sketching books and tools!

Group 20, here is what you will be doing for the next few weeks (hopefully!)

Join us and Corby in room 335 Geoffrey Manton tomorow at 10am.

Hello everyone !! Looking forward to meet you all tomorrow ! We will be meeting tomorrow Monday the 20th at 10 am in Chatham 713 for an intro to the events !! We have created a Group on Facebook, its called Event 21 - Readapting the Beehive !! Bring some sketchbooks, notepads for tomorrow !! See you soon :)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/234207830377954/

Hey guys. We are planning on meeting at 11am tomorrow at the Thirsty Scholar - 50 New Wakefield St, Manchester M1 5NP.
Make sure you bring a variety of media (pens, pencils, markers, camera etc) for sketching and recording your journeys. Any questions send me an email - 16054352@stu.mmu.ac.uk

Looking forward to meeting you all!

HI all,

As I told most of you at Ladder training, we will be meeting at 10.30am, at our collaborator St. Phillips Church. The Address 2 Wilton Pl, Salford M3 6FR, it is either a half an hour walk from campus, or the Number 50 bus stops right outside. Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow.

Check out the MIF and Threshold project briefs on our Facebook page. See you tomorrow at 10am in CH611.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/480638375657703/

Here's a schedule of the fortnight to come! Our first meeting is on Monday 20th March in Room 515 at 10AM. We look forward to seeing you all!

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Unfortunately the weather isn't looking too clever for next week throwing a mixture of wind, rain and potential snow at us, giving us the full Pendle Experience. Please take note and pack appropriately.

Group 19

first meeting at room 513 benzie at 10:00 on monday.

Also we are excited to announce our new collaborator. Ralph Capper.

For the last 40 years, Ralph Capper has been one of the north west’s leading independent furniture consultants.

"We partner with the brightest, most creative minds in the world to bring their visions to life. Our experience in sourcing furniture that fits perfectly with your original concept helps you and your clients stay true to your design intentions."
www.ralphcapper.com/

Anyone looking for some early inspiration I have attached a link to a pinterest board I've been adding some ideas too:

www.uk.pinterest.com/connor_armitage/furniture/

C

Hello Group 10,

Hope you are all well! We are going to meet at the café nero at Piccadilly Gardens at 9.45am for a visit to some furniture shops in the morning and we will then meet again at 2pm at CH610.

See you all on Monday.
C

Design Brief Part 2

First meeting on Monday morning 10am in the MMU union meeting room 4. Please bring drawing equipment, laptops, cameras etc.

Design Brief Part 1

First meeting on Monday morning 10am in the MMU union meeting room 4. Please bring drawing equipment, laptops, cameras etc

Poster Update! We will be meeting on Monday at 1pm in Chatham room 811, make sure you sign up to the Facebook group for updates on recommended software to install etc. We look forward to meeting you all on Monday!

Year 1 + 2,

We will meet on Monday at 10am in room 711 in Chatham. We will then be heading to the GK Gallery for a cuppa' and a briefing. This will give us all chance to look at the gallery space. We intend to measure and photograph the space, then we will produce a simple set of plans as a basis to move forward.

Please bring drawing equipment sketchbooks, laptops, measuring equipment and cameras if possible.

Look forward to seeing you all!

FIRST MEETING / SITE VISIT (20/03/17)

Meet at 10am in CH611, Benzie Building for a brief introduction to our event.

Please bring along tools for drawing and recording of our first site visit at Day & Night Café in the Northern Quarter, happening after lunch. You will need sketchbooks, pens and pencils, scale rulers, your camera and tape measures.

See you all there!

Following 'Ladder Training' on Wednesday we are all ready for the event commencing on Monday. As stated in the Programme, we will meet outside the Whitworth Gallery main entrance at 10am. Please bring sketchbooks and drawing equipment with you. We are looking forward to meeting you all and having an exciting two weeks!

Collaborator Update! Matt Fear, Freelance Visualisation Specialist will be on hand during the second week of our project and we are now expecting a visit from Andy Buchan, Head of Digital at Manchester based VR Specialists 'The Neighbourhood', who will be advising and checking out the finished product.

Virtual reality equipment in !!
Please join us on our Facebook group for further updates.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/405014913192750/

Please download the following softwares and familiarise yourself with them, youtube tutorials will be very beneficial.

http://www.autodesk.com/education/free-software/3ds-max
https://www.sketchup.com/download
https://unity3d.com/

Small catch up with our collaborators from Day & Night Café in the NQ. Site is looking promising!

Join us on our Facebook group.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/313533329030891/?ref=nf_target&fref=nf

We had an exciting meeting with artist Jackie Haynes yesterday evening! She's very much looking forward to running a DADA inspired workshop with you all next Thursday, where she will introduce new ways of interpreting the concepts of space and material through art.

Quick reminder! Ladder training for Group 12 is at 14:15pm today.
See you there!

In our events sessions we will be using series of softwares to create interactive models of North Manchester. Please download and install the following prior to the first session. Most of the software is free to use for students. We can use free trial versions of Photoshop and Sketch up.

Unity: https://store.unity.com

3ds Max: http://www.autodesk.com/education/free-software/3ds-max

Sketch up: https://www.sketchup.com

Photoshop: http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/photoshop.html

More information will follow shortly. See you all on Monday.

Hello there future sketchers! Find us here in facebook and join the group for more better and faster updates! Link here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/262700340841312/

Group 1 come join our Facebook group!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1261094113987695/admin_activities/?notif_t=group_moderator_add¬if_id=1489578002246775

Here is an updated version with the locations of all the sessions we'll be doing in the events period

We're happy to announce that we finally have a exhibition venue for the evening of Friday 31st March at Spaceportx located in the Northern Quarter. Many thanks to our collaborators Pic.

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https://issuu.com/group19-msaevents

WE HAVE JUST UPLOADED BOTH OF OUR VERY EXCITING PROJECT BREIFS.

Project Brief - Pendle summit shelter
Project Brief - Shepherds Hut

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https://issuu.com/group19-msaevents

PLEASE FOLLOW THE ABOVE LINK TO ACCESS ALL OF THE GROUP 19 PROJECT DOCUMENTS.

Full Group Meeting #5 14-03-17

First chance to get together and meet the first and second year's part of group 19. The meeting was a chance to discuss travel arrangements, equipment and answer any questions the students had. It was great to see everyone so enthusiastic for what is going to be a great couple of weeks.

Ladder training is the 16th of March (This Thursday) at 2.45pm in room 811 so please make sure you all attend.

I've just been informed Ladder training has been moved to Thursday. Same time, same place, just on Thursday. Looking forward to meeting you all then.

Just a reminder that Ladder training for Group 2 is at 1.30pm tomorrow. We need you all to attend in order for us to construct your designs in the second week. It will be really nice to see you all there, and there will be a bit of time to discuss the plan for the project after.

SCHEDULE
Our first meeting will be at 10am Monday 20th March, in room 713

Please connect to our facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/merz17/
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Hi everyone! Looking forward to meeting you all. Just a bit of preparatory info...

We are going to be staying overnight near the Merz Barn, Tues 21st-Weds 22nd. We are in accommodation with bunk beds, however, sleeping bags are required. If you haven't got one, you can pick one up in Argos for £8! Walking boots/wellies would also be useful.

We will be travelling by train from Manchester Piccadilly to Windermere. Would recommend buying your tickets now while they're cheap! Currently only £12 with railcard.

There: Tuesday 21st March, 09:15
Back: Wednesday 22nd March, 16:49

See you all this Thursday for ladder training (CH811 2pm).
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Find us on FB for updates and event locations!
www.facebook.com/groups/1192920560820327/

On 1st March, the MIF team met to discuss the festival. We travelled to London to meet Nicolas from Office for Crafted Architecture and Paloma from Practice Architecture to get a preview of their festival commission.

We discovered an architecture studio called PUP Architects who produce some beautiful work. Check them out here;
http://www.puparchitects.com/

We will be meeting at 10am in CH807 on Day 1. Bring your sketching stuff and note books!

Find us on Facebook!

www.facebook.com/groups/437631063239862/

We shall be coordinating with Manchester School of Art to create a holistic vision for MIF's Festival Square. On Tuesday, we took part in an Interior Design workshop with students from Unit X, Nicolas from Office for Crafted Architecture and Joe Hartley from Oh OK.

Find out more about OH OK Ltd here;
http://ohokltd.com/

DETAILS OF THE FIRST MEETING (20/03/17)

Meet at 10am in Geoffrey Manton Room 335 for a brief introduction to the event including a presentation from our collaborator at CAMRA.

Bring along your preferred tools for drawing and documenting for the walking our of Manchester's pubs. This could be anything from your sketchbook, pens and pencils, to watercolours and markers, or your camera/camcorder.

A tape measure/disto and camera will also be useful for the site analysis we will be doing at the end of the walking tour at the Pilcrow Pub.

See you all there!

Manchester International Festival revealed their events line-up today and we had the exciting opportunity to go to the launch event in the slightly decrepit but stunning Mayfield Centre near Piccadilly Station.

For further information and to see the revealed acts and events, visit:
http://mif.co.uk/

A Photo From our meeting last week with Rvd Gareth Robinson the Vicar of St. Phillips Salford. We've finalised the last few details and it's shaping up to be an exciting 2 week project.

We'll be kicking things off at 10.30 on the 20th of March, at St. Philips Salford 2 Wilton Pl, Salford M3 6FR, so please meet us there to kick things off!

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Please find a link to our residency document below. The document contains vital information about the first four days of the Events Fortnight which we will be spending in Barley, Pendle.


https://www.facebook.com/groups/137363550120638/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel
Group 19

PLEASE JOIN OUR NEW FACEBOOK GROUP

https://www.facebook.com/groups/137363550120638/

The group contains vital information about accommodation as well the project briefs and risk assessments. It will also be a vital tool to communicate via to the fortnight were we can answer any questions you may have.

Group 19

We've decided on the list of all the locations we're going to visit in Manchester on the first week of the events programme. We look forward to seeing you all on Monday 20th in CH513.

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PLEASE ALL MEET
TUESDAY 14TH MARCH
CHATHAM BUILDING
ROOM 810 - 1PM
THE MEETING IS VITAL TO DISCUSS THE RESIDENCY AT THE START OF EVENTS FORTNIGHT. THE MEETING SHOULDN'T LAST LONGER THAN 20 MINUTES AND WILL BE USED TO DISCUSS TRANSPORTATION TO THE RESIDENCY AS WELL AS COSTS, EQUIPMENT AND DATES.

The current programme for the event.

Explaining the times, locations and work planned for the two weeks.

We will be meeting for the first time in studio room CH711 at 11:00 on Monday the 20th of March.

If you are taking part in this event please join the facebook group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1594334127261160/

We look forward to seeing you there.

We've got some exciting weeks ahead of us and we're looking forward to meeting you all in Chatham 611 at 10am on Monday 20th. We shall be ending the day with a site visit to Albert Square so don't forget to bring your cameras and sketching materials.

Join us on our Facebook group;
https://www.facebook.com/groups/480638375657703/

Here is the plan of action for the Events fortnight. On our first day (20th March) we shall meet in studio at 10am.

We hope you're all looking forward to a fit and fun end to the term!

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In-Situ was founded by Directors Paul Hartley, Kerry Morrison and William Titley. It was inspired by a desire to help bring art into the colourful existing cultures in Pendle, Lancashire. Founded in 2011, In-Situ has created many artworks; events; residency opportunities; and collaborative projects alongside the community.

They are a not-for-profit organisation - ALL money made goes straight back into developing projects.

In-Situ’s vision is to be part of everyday life. For our art to be an art of action. For our art to contribute to society as a whole. For our art to challenge current thinking about environment people place and culture.

Through a range of art processes (performance, film, installations, drawings, collecting, and more), open-ended conversations, and partnerships with local organisations, we are gaining an ever-deepening understanding of where we live and work, and responding to it, sensitively and meaningfully, as artists.

Through these experiences, we, as artists want to deepen our understanding of art practice in the natural and built environment and how we live our lives, to create socially engaging art of the highest calibre.

Hey guys, have a look at our programme and session plan for whats in store when you join our Events group!

We have been successful in arranging a new collaborator, Emerge. This will see a new schedule for the first week, in which there will be a lecture held by Lucy Danger, Emerge's chief executive. Lucy was positive in what we could achieve together. After visiting the premises, which included workshop and a large yard, we agreed to bring groups of students here to help with the factory operation. This involves pallet breaking and upcycling. This will be a great opportunity for students to learn the limitations of construction techniques. We were even able to source pallets directly from Emerge for free!

Updated poster

We are happy to announce that we have sponsorship from the multi-national architectural company Stride Treglown.

Follow the links below to get a sneak peak of the tour of Manchester pubs we will be going on.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/Benzie+Building,+Higher+Ormond+St,+Manchester+M15+6BG/The+Lass+O'+Gowrie/Circus+Tavern/Piccadilly+Tap/Port+Street+Beer+House/Allotment/The+Pilcrow+Pub,+Redfern+St,+Manchester+M4+4AH/@53.4779919,-2.2509267,14z/data=!4m44!4m43!1m5!1m1!1s0x487bb1ed2f15963b:0x115c4133c85b931c!2m2!1d-2.2384509!2d53.4688852!1m5!1m1!1s0x0:0x59ed12bc8e392889!2m2!1d-2.2379229!2d53.4740565!1m5!1m1!1s0x0:0x5c8528500dc370bf!2m2!1d-2.2399545!2d53.4777753!1m5!1m1!1s0x0:0x8d4cdc93fe6314b0!2m2!1d-2.2317957!2d53.4782915!1m5!1m1!1s0x0:0x9aa4964fb308d0b!2m2!1d-2.2319106!2d53.4820663!1m5!1m1!1s0x0:0x97d92e3d15a0807c!2m2!1d-2.2340749!2d53.4815955!1m5!1m1!1s0x487bb1c793e2577d:0x521725340dbe074e!2m2!1d-2.2401032!2d53.4868458!3e2
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/Benzie+Building,+Higher+Ormond+St,+Manchester+M15+6BG/The+Font/Peveril+Of+The+Peak/The+Britons+Protection/53.4846248,-2.2439445/The+Marble+Arch/The+Pilcrow+Pub,+Redfern+St,+Manchester+M4+4AH/@53.4785323,-2.2573582,14z/data=!4m39!4m38!1m5!1m1!1s0x487bb1ed2f15963b:0x115c4133c85b931c!2m2!1d-2.2384509!2d53.4688852!1m5!1m1!1s0x0:0xdb838f61996efb7c!2m2!1d-2.2411326!2d53.4735741!1m5!1m1!1s0x0:0x61cebe3d7a19fb56!2m2!1d-2.2446475!2d53.4749347!1m5!1m1!1s0x0:0x272ecedde14de485!2m2!1d-2.2472433!2d53.4749669!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x0:0x374b405e1abf84ae!2m2!1d-2.232374!2d53.488182!1m5!1m1!1s0x487bb1c793e2577d:0x521725340dbe074e!2m2!1d-2.2401032!2d53.4868458!3e2

Today I picked up some free pallets from Houldsworth Mill in Reddish to use in the construction of our 1:1 installations. We will be breaking the pallets down into individual planks in the coming weeks.

Check out our pinterest page for some inspiration.
https://uk.pinterest.com/rebekahparkinso/pop-up-pub/

Hidden Manchester Exhibition. Interesting ideas about responding to the ideas of 'Hidden' in relation to they city, whether its literally or figuratively. A small exhibit in the school of art in the grosovenor gallery displaying a range of mediums from drawings to photos to printing on fashion. If you're reading this, check it out!

We are excited that the contractor Bowmer & Kirkland have offered to help in supplying any waste timber from their North West sites for the project.

We've developed the programme and session plan for the events period, with planned activities for students on each day. Please feel free to email one of us if you have any queries.

Here is an updated Programme/Session plan for 'Changing Urban Environments', including locations and times. If you have any further questions regarding the event, please drop one of us an email. If not, get your pencils sharpened and we hope to see you soon!

What's the plan?

We are more than happy to talk to you about the projects, so feel free to approach us at University or drop us an email;

andrew.scoles@stu.mmu.ac.uk
andrew.singer@stu.mmu.ac.uk
morgan.wild@stu.mmu.ac.uk
alexander.gaul@stu.mmu.ac.uk

BALLS - You've seen the posters...

Group 15 wants your old sports balls to help make a sports installation.

Bring them in and drop them on the 6th floor of Benzie in the big red box bin - Don't be shy!