BIO Urban Room Blackburn Programme Booklet

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OCTOBER 2014


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URBAN

ROOM A place where people can learn moreabout architecture and the buildings,parks and places where they live. It shouldbe a place or discussion and debateabout the possibilities o design and whatcan be achieved. But most o all it shouldshow people how they can in luence thedecisions that are made.

www.blackburnisopen.co.uk/urban-room-blackburn

/urbanroomblackburn#urblackburn

[email protected]

When Blackburn is Open was set up we decidedwe wanted it to be bold, to take creative risks andto experiment with new ways o doing things.

So Im delighted that we are the irst place in theUK to open an Urban Room and that yet againBlackburn is setting itsel up as a trailblazer.

The Urban Room aims to get people thinkingabout the limitless possibilities o architecture;thinking about the places where they live andthe opportunities they can create to do thingsdifferently.

I hope it will inspire everyone who visits to lookagain at Blackburn and get involved in shapingthe towns uture.

Wayne Hemingway Hemingway Design

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FARRELL

REVIEWCommonplace in China and popular in Japan,an Urban Room is a place where conversationsabout the built environment can take place.

It would offer people access to the morein ormation about the planning process, theimportance o good design and how they couldget involved in in luencing decisions.

For the whole o October Blackburns UrbanRoom will be a hotbed o discuss, workshopsand exhibitions and will aim to show thatarchitecture is everybodys business.

S I R T E R R Y F A R R E L L

A review into the state o British architectureheaded by world class architect, Sir Terry Farrell ,

ound that the public needed to get more involvedin conversations about where they live.

In order or towns and cities to meet thechallenges o the uture, ever expandingpopulations and offer quality o li e, the FarrellReview , published earlier this year, set out anumber o recommendations including involvingthe public more in planning decisions.

One o the key ways that this could be achievedsaid Sir Terry, who is perhaps best known ordesigning Londons MI6 building and more recentlythe tallest building in the world by a Britisharchitect in Shenzhen, was by the opening oUrban Rooms in town and city centres.

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WHY

NOW Blackburnis changing.

In the last ive years it has bucked the nationaltrends and development has continued on anambitious scale. A new 66 million shoppingcentre and an 8 million market have already beencompleted. Underway are a brand new leisurecentre and bus station as well as a new 30 milliondevelopment o leisure and retail spaces calledCathedral Quarter.

There is also a new commitment through theBlackburn is Open scheme to hold year roundmusic and cultural events and offer artists andentrepreneurs empty spaces to try out new ideas,open pop up shops and launch new businessventures.

AnUrban Room is the per ect place to let peopleknow how Blackburn is changing and get peopleinvolved in the discussion about whats to come.

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URBAN

ROOM BLACKBURN

Blackburn is Open aims to support, in orm andexcite the emerging town centre strategy, enablingthe delivery o high quality programming that

orms an essential part o the Blackburn towncentre vision. Blackburn is Open poses questions,whilst supporting ways to change perceptions othe town centre, provide opportunities or creativeemployment, utilise Council owned vacant propertyand provide additional reasons to visit the town.

As part o this ethos Blackburns Urban Room willbe popping up or one month in the Blackburn isOpen HQ. The town centre shop will be a hotbedo debate, exhibitions and workshops, all basedaround the historical development o Blackburnand the uture o planning in the town.

Blackburn is Open would like to thankall the contributors and participants tocreate the Urban Room Blackburn.

More in ormationwww.blackburnisopen.co.uk/urban-room-blackburn

Blackburn is Open, No.63 65 King William St

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EVENTS

PROGRAMME

EXHIBITIONS

URBAN ROOM BLACKBURN

WORKSHOP ONE MINI MAKERMORNINGS/ P24

EVENT ONE URB SYMPOSIUM/ P28

EVENT TWO TOASTARCHITECTURE/ P29

EVENT THREE URBAN FILMFESTIVAL/ P30

WORKSHOP TWO BLACKBURNBY NIGHT/ P26

EXHIBITION THREE HIDDEN BLACKBURN / P 16

EXHIBITION FOUR ARTIST CALL

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WORKSHOPS

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EXHIBITION ONE PIN THE HISTORY

TAIL / P 12

EXHIBITION TWO LIVE WORKS / P 14


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PIN THE

HISTORY TAIL

OCTOBER 1 7 10AM 3PM / TUESDAY SATURDAY

Blackburn is Open, No.65 King William St

As part o this Urban Room exhibition you areinvited to take part in the Pin the History Tail apptour around Blackburn.

This interactive exhibition will encourage localpeople and visitors to use the smartphone appHistorypin to record Blackburns architecture andurban spaces.

Take your own photographs which will bedisplayed alongside old photos o the borough,exploring the changing ace o Blackburn.

Download the Historypin app atwww.historypin.com/app

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LIVE

WORKSAND BOOK LAUNCH RE:MADE



Students rom Sheffield School o Architecture have exhibited their proposals or Blackburn aspart o the Live Works project.

The project, which took place in 2013, saw thestudents work with Blackburn with Darwen Councilon [re]create Blackburn, an ambitious set o visions

or how the town centre could develop.

Their work has explored the role that arts andcreative industries can play in trans ormingBlackburn town centre as a centre or innovationand enterprise.

Their work brought together local residents,businesses, artists and cultural institutions in therethinking and remaking o a large area o thetown, creating a strong narrative around collectivecultural production.

The proposals will be on display during thisexhibition which will also mark the release ore:made , a book about the project.

More in ormationwww.liveprojects.org

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HIDDEN

BLACKBURN


St Johns Centre, Victoria Street

As part o the Urban Room architectural estival,ive local photographers will display images o

their Blackburn.

David Caffrey, Catherine Caton, Derren LeePoole , Emma Sudall and Richard Tymon willshow their photographs capturing Blackburnsunseen spaces and architectural detail.

These images will provoke conversation and ideasabout what the uture o these buildings could be,developing proposals about how we can unlockthe potential o Blackburns hidden gems.

DAVID CAFFREY

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DERREN LEE POOLECATHERINE CATON

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RICHARD TYMONEMMA SUDALL

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ARTIST

CALL

OCTOBER 21 NOVEMBER 1 10AM 3PM / TUESDAY SATURDAY


The Artist Call exhibition celebrates the conclusiono eight artist in residence programmes atBlackburn with Darwens new Building Schools orthe Future (BSF) schools.

The initiative, which saw 11 artists assigned to theboroughs new schools, was part o the percent

or art scheme set out in the Local Plan requiringpart o the cost o building to be set aside or art.

The exhibition and accompanying publicationcurated by architect Ian Banks who oversaw theproject, covers a diversity o artist work romphysical public art to integrated architecture, visualand new media arts to ilm and per ormance.

Throughout the six week period that BlackburnsUrban Room is open, artists who worked on thescheme will hold workshops linked to the schoolswith which they worked.

www.artistcall.net

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MINI

MAKERMORNINGSCome and create a lantern inspired byBlackburns buildings at this ree amily riendlysession.

Let Blackburns historical buildings inspire youin this hands on workshop which will explorethe different types o buildings in the boroughand allow you to recreate them rom card andrecycled objects.

15 participants maximum per session.Children must be accompanied by adults.

Numbers are limited so please [email protected] to book a space.

SATURDAYS THROUGHOUTOCTOBER 10 11.30AM / 12 1.30PM

More in ormationwww.blackburnisopen.co.uk/events/urb-mini-maker-mornings


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OCTOBER 177PM

BLACKBURN

BY NIGHT

Meet at the Blackburn is Open,No.65 King William St at 7pm

Taking photographs at night is a skill in itsel . So istaking photos o architecture and spaces.

The lighting is unique; street light, moon light,shop lights. As well as additional shadows andshapes, re lections and tones.

Bring your camera and hear Derrens tips as heleads you on an early evening stroll around thetown centre.

Numbers are limited so please [email protected] to book a space.

5 / INCLUDES HOT DRINKS

A PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP BY

DERREN LEE POOLE

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URB

SYMPOSIUM

St Johns Centre, Victoria Street

Urban Room Blackburns inaugural event will bringtogether some o the leading lights in architecture todiscuss Blackburns past, present and uture.

The event will be attended by members o the panelbehind the Farrell Review including Max Farrell . It willbe opened by Blackburn is Opens Creative DirectorWayne Hemingway MBE and eature a presentationby academic Otto Saumarez Smith on Modernism andPolitics in Blackburn. Carolyn Butterworth rom theSheffield School o Architecture will present about herstudents work in Blackburn.

The day will be captured in ilm and a specially designedcomic strip that can be viewed afer the event onwww.blackburnisopen.co.uk

OCTOBER 215 8PM

INAUGURAL EVENT

BY INVITE ONLY

OCTOBER 146.30 PM

TOAST

ARCHI TECTURE


Forget Minecraf, building structures out o toastis the latest architectural trend.

Join this not entirely serious session to crafBlackburns landmarks out o the crunchystuff. Have a go at the Wainwright Bridge, KingGeorges Hall or even Blackburn Museum and ArtGallery?

Or just spread on some jam and butter andwatch others realise their architectural dreams.

Spreads provided. BYOB (Bring your own bread)

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AN URBAN

FILM FESTIVAL

THURSDAYSTHROUGHOUT OCTOBER

THURSDAY, OCTOBER9 / 8PM

REAR WINDOWDIRECTED BY ALFREDHITCHCOCK

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16 / 8PM

PLAYTIMEDIRECTED BY JACQUES TATI


MULHOLLAND DRIVEDIRECTED BY DAVID LYNCH


BLADE RUNNERDIRECTED BY RIDLEY SCOTT

BLACKBURN FILM CLUB PRESENTS

Pop-up Cinema, No.63 King William St

The our ilms create a chronologicalnarrative o urban space, running rom thepsychological ilm noir space Hitchcockcreated to the uturism o Scott.

Each ilm will be preceded by a shortilm about the urban landscape.

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The next URB will be held in April 2015 Want to get involved? Please [email protected]

www.blackburnisopen.co.uk/urban-room-blackburn

/urbanroomblackburn#urblackburn

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