www.bulbroots.org: February 2008

Sit back, relax and watch the good times roll

These portable benches are something else, moving around the city every so often and allowing you to have a seat, catch your breath and look around at what's going on. Leicester is changing, catch it while you can.

Can Culture Count Premiere

Check out the photos from the premiere of the 'Can Culture Count?' film which we produced with young people from Leicester - with thanks to funding from the Local Network Fund... See the Slideshow on the right or click the image above to see the images on Flickr.

Bulb Roots - Can Culture Count 2008

The Can Culture Count Video made as part of our Local Network Fund, Funded project with young people from Leicester. The project discusses the cultural regeneration of Leicester City Centre and asks what role young people have in the steering the developments and the future of the City... The answer - well watch the young peoples' film. Enjoy.

CAN CULTURE COUNT PREMIERE...

1st February 2008

Last Night saw the premiere of the 'Can Culture Count?' Film and the exhibition of the photography from the ISHT 'Geotag!' Project at the LCB Depot in the heart of our fair city's Cultural Quarter.

The turnout was fantatstic, we were pleased to welcome an enthusiastic audience made up of the Principle and teachers from Riverside Business & Enterprise College, the young people who participated in the projects, their friends and family, local artists and arts practitioners, and friends of Bulb Roots, Isht and Pedestrian. Thank you to everyone, particularly the staff from Riverside for spending their own time to come and support our work.

The film was enthusiastically received and will be distributed far and wide next week - the Geotag photographs have created a real buzz around the depot already and will be displayed for the next few days in the depot reception.

Photos from the evening and the film itself will be posted here shortly so please do check back soon.

LATEST ACTIVITY

We've been busy at Bulb Roots Recently!

We've been running our 'Local Network Fund' funded film and culture project called 'CAN CULTURE COUNT?' with a group of young people from our fine city - see below for more details...

Plus we've also been helping out our good friends over at ISHT with their 'GEOTAG' project which aims to chronicle the £3 Billion investment into the City.

Can Culture Count?
The Can Culture Count Film addresses the cultural regeneration in Leicester, with particular focus on the PAC (Performing Arts Centre) which has been named 'CURVE' and the recently announced Digital Media Centre.

The young people we worked with got hands-on with our cameras and developed skills in film production and interviewing - Finding out what opportunities the Cultural Quarter will create for everyone, but with a particular emphasis on what the developments mean for young people and how young people can get involved.

The resulting short film tackles the diverse perceptions of the regeneration across the city from local people and explores how young people can get involved in this massive regeneration of Leicester City Centre.

The film will be premiered at the LCB Depot, Rutland Street, Leicester on Thursday 31st January from 7.30pm. Admittance is free and food and drink will be supplied... Don't miss out!

The project was devised by Bulb Roots and has been delivered in association with ISHT and Pedestrian with young people from the City and from Riverside Business & Enterprise College. The project was funded by the Local Network Fund.

GEOTAG
The Geotag Project has been running over the last month with the aim of creating a visual record of the regeneration and transformation of Leicester City Centre.

The young people we worked with gained skills in digital photography - creating 360 degree panorama shots of key areas around the City Centre to create a permanent chronicle of the evolution of the city.

The photographs have been 'Geotagged' - Geographical data has been added to the electronic versions of the photographs in order to pinpoint the location so that future studies can show the changes.

The photography from the Geotag project is available on the website now and will be exhibited in the LCB Depot, Rutland Street, Leicester on Thursday 31st January from 7.30pm along with the premiere of the Can Culture Count film.

The project was devised by our friends at ISHT and has been delivered in association with Bulb Roots and Pedestrian with young people from the City & Riverside Business & Enterprise College. The project was funded by the Local Network Fund.