The wall, which connects
Author: Yuri Smirnov . Topic: Support unexpected . Posted: 01.07.2009, 0:18.
My friend, a creative event-manager from Donetsk Elena Matyukhina asked me to evaluate its draft City Day celebrations. In it I found a lot of great ideas that are sure to be pleased with her countrymen. Including - Shares and graffiti competition with the walls of industrial enterprises, temporary fences around construction sites, abandoned fences along the railway, etc. The latest idea I wanted to add, given the many queries such as "Graffiti + holiday" (variants: "... + idea", "+ City ..." "... + lovers", etc.), which in my blog peered set visitors after publishing an article "Culture of e-graffiti for the generation of social networks" . Below - one of the possible incremental scenarios related to the theme of "celebration - the townspeople - graffiti.
1. And can be selected on a sheer wall in one of the central areas of the city (eg, a wall surrounding a central squares).
2. In the local press announced a competition for the best wishes to his city on the theme: "I want my city ..." and so on.
3. It should be emphasized in the declaration of two things. First, in contrast to the "letters to the Future", packed in a lead capsule on the N-tion number of years, wishes, graffiti will be working right now - to influence and actions of officials, and fellow-contemporaries. Secondly, it wishes to be registered: every utterance, since the contest will be imprinted in the center of the city, together with the signature of the author - and he can show it to their children, relatives, friends, colleagues, guests and so on.
4. The jury selects the best texts (whose authors will receive prizes), and another hundred or two wishes - quite distinct, good, reasonable and neizbityh.
5. The night before the anniversary of a team of professional artists and the past competition graffitist enthusiasts under the floodlights at the wall causes all selected requests. A void between the inscriptions - partly fills the drawings, reflecting the wishes of the subjects. Professionals need to calligraphy: to citizens not embarrass their scrawl. Spotlights need for drama: in this spectacle can find a lot of voluntary nighttime witnesses (in the first place - from the number of participants). Because it would be appropriate and soft music.
6. The next morning at Junior graffiti kindergarteners and students under the unobtrusive guidance of professionals fill the remaining voids in the wall. Children's art immediacy would be appropriate at this "open letter" in the future.
7. Also called the Feast of the site entirely devoted to this action. This site is hosted virtual copy of the wall, which can be moved by dragging the mouse left-right scale, increasing, reducing the signs, make a bookmark to certain records and link them into a chain (creating something like a slide show).
8. The main difference between the virtual walls of the real counterpart in that it is infinite. After the holiday, each resident will be able to add a virtual wall of his statement, drawing her own songs, photo or video that opens in a new city, etc. Text can be added as using a set of "handwritten" fonts, and with the help of virtual brushes and paints (including automatic anti-aliasing of lines - or without it).
9. Visitors will be able to get to the new content manually (dragging a virtual wall of the mouse) and through the search. Moderation to add content should be as rapid.
10. Add your content on a virtual wall will be born in the city and living today in other cities and countries, as well as fellow countrymen who live in other times.
11. Each text or multimedia recording will be linked to the account of its author. Accounts should have simple tools to add new ideas for the development of the city and multimedia content, reflecting the attitude toward the city. And also - for the construction of kinship, friendship and professional social networks.
12. Citizens need to know the names of employees municipality, whose duties include the study and synthesis of ideas published on the site for the development of the city (from refinement scheme bus stops and changes the rules of urban services - up to the introduction of new social services),.
13. Municipality is obliged to regularly publish detailed reports on the results of the analysis and implementation of proposals of citizens. Every few years, re-issued book, which lists all the ideas introduced by the mayor's office and the curricula vitae of their authors.
14. And what about the real wall? It can become not only a place for new holiday, but also a starting point for new traditions. For example, people from the people, first announced his political ambitions, would be appropriate to hold his first press conference, namely the wall - under the open sky, with the crowd, against the backdrop of sincere expression countrymen.
Instead postscript
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