Life after 41

We’ve been working on more projects for 08 and 09… though it’s uphill work we hope to be able to say what’s next soon.

The exhibit in the Ladies and Gents toilets in Pavilion Gardens was finally painted over at the end of last year, leaving the one in the Earth & Stars as the only surviving one still on display.

Unmadeup Editions is now a not for profit company. It’s publishing The Brighton Moment, a collection of art and writing, in May 08.

Check out William Shaw’s non-fiction blog In Other News.

Second 41 Places podcast

The second podcast is up at iTunes, featuring stories read by John Telfer.

Coming down…

The 41 Places exhibtion is now being removed. It’s been great, and thanks for all the lovely response to it. Many of the artworks are for sale. Please contact unmadeup@mac.com for details of any pieces.

Local correspondence

One of the nicest reactions to 41 Places – and there have been a good number – comes in today’s Evening Argus, the local Brighton paper.

The 41st Brighton Festival draws to a close this Sunday.

Can I urge even those of you who think the whole event is a waste of time and energy to do one thing before it ends – take yourself for a walk. Forty-one Places is 41 true stories, installed in the places where they happened.

From the story written on paving stones outside the Brighton Centre to the “postcard” in a newsagent in the North Laine, this is a treasure hunt to help even those who were born here rediscover the remarkable city we live in – and it’s free.

Thanks also to Aby who commented below asking Brighton & Hove council to make it permament. At this stage all reactions are incredibly useful… please add feedback to the post below or send it as email.

 

Podcast

We now have a podast on iTunes with chapters read by John Telfer of The Archers.

No 16

The estate agents’ sign, story No 16, seems to have been stolen.

Feedback

Have you enjoyed 41 Places? Did you find many of the stories? Did you notice other people reading any of the stories? Which stories worked? What did you think of it as an artwork.

This is the last week of 41 Places. Soon we’ll be taking down the artworks and putting some of them up for sale. We worked with a variety of funding bodies – and hope to do so again. With such a large-scale piece of work it is really hard to assess the impact it has had. Any feedback you can give us on 41 Places is really useful. Let us know your thoughts. Or sign the guestbook below.

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Audio

No. 3 Anything can happen at this time of night

Story read by John Tefler

41 Places:41 Books

Richard Wolfstrome is just completing designs for 41 Places: 41 Books, the limited-edition book which includes his artwork, Kenny Laurenson’s photographs of Standard 8’s installations, and William Shaw’s stories. You can see a sample of it here.

Each cover will be different, numbered from 1 to 41.