Tag: Fun Palaces

Just Jones &, Towards the Happy City, Wells Way Pop Up

Our Fun Palaces Weekend Extravaganza!

by Oli Perrins A tyrannosaurus rex stalked along the walls as robots built multifunctional ovens. Cultures of the world united to create a stunning mask map while adventurers delved into the fascinating world of bees. Melodies were created from household rubbish as explorers searched the hinterland for a myriad of feathered friends. All of these seemingly disparate events took place under just one roof, that … Continue reading Our Fun Palaces Weekend Extravaganza!

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Art and Activism, News, Participatory Workshops, Wells Way Pop Up

Fun Palace @ Wells Way Pop Up 2015

[ezcol_1third]           [/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end] The Wells Way Pop Up Fun Palace 2015 In 1961, Theatre Director Joan Littlewood and architect Cedric Price conceived the Fun Palace as a ‘laboratory of fun’, ‘a university of the streets’. It was to be a temporary and movable home to the arts and sciences that would welcome children and adults alike. This wasn’t possible in … Continue reading Fun Palace @ Wells Way Pop Up 2015

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Wells Way Pop Up

Fun, Palatial & our 1st Birthday

It’s all hotting up amongst the Fun Palace makers up and down the country this week. Here at Wells Way Pop Up we are highlighting the local and the global. If you check out the artist miles in our Fun Palace it’s pretty impressive! We’ve got mask-making with an international twist, permaculture/hiphop, lighting design, composition, construction, deconstruction, neural networks, soil studies, THE BIG DRAW & the … Continue reading Fun, Palatial & our 1st Birthday

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