Cultural Olympiad

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The Cultural Olympiad
the extraordinary mile
Richard Crowe 2012 Creative Programmer South
West
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The Cultural Olympiad London 2012
Whats different...? Not just for London but the
whole UK
London 2012 core values Welcoming the
world Inspiring young people Delivering a legacy
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The Cultural Olympiad
Making the most of every opportunity DELIVERY
IN THE SOUTH WEST
Five Flames Business Tourism Sport Culture
Community COUNTY TEAMS
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The Cultural Olympiad

• the marriage of sport and art
• Culture at the heart of the 2012 Games
• Four-year cultural celebration across the UK from
• September until the end of the 2012 Games
• Mandatory ceremonies
• Large-scale, national projects included in London
  
• 2012 bid
• Hundreds of local and regional projects and
  events
• A curated programme with moments of mass
  participation

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The Cultural Olympiad

• The South West particular features
• The Swindon gt Edinburgh gt Penzance ratio
• Coastal counties Landlocked counties
• Predominantly rural with significant areas of
  urban deprivation
• Holidays gt jobs gt houses gt demographics
• Limited communications
• Hugely creative but in silos
• Enormous diversity landscape, heritage,
  origins, language

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The Cultural Olympiad
What are the opportunities? Audience
development Joining the dots New
partnerships Intelligence International
links Skills experience Increased access
participation ...new sources of investment?
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The Cultural Olympiad Theme The Extraordinary
Mile
A series of extraordinary journeys in search
of Extraordinary ... people places spaces ev
ents challenges Extraordinary commitment
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The Cultural Olympiad

• The Quest
• Eight journeys through the landscape
• Gloucestershire
• Wiltshire
• West of England (Bristol, BNES, South
  Gloucestershire)
• Somerset
• Dorset Bournemouth Poole
• Devon Plymouth and Torbay
• Cornwall isles of Scilly
• Maritime
• Regional programme delivered locally
• Taken by cross-sector, multi skilled troupes

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The Cultural Olympiad

• The Quest
• Themes
• Traditional stories, songs,
• events
• Digital games, presentation
• interpretation
• Training Skills the media bus,
• event management,
• National Skills Academy

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The Cultural Olympiad
Themes Diversity the range of voices and
viewpoints represented Sustainability
challenging the choices we make to sustain our
culture Data Collection what facilities are
available to us how do we access culture and
sporting activity Archive the creation of a
digital archive of the last years of the petrol
age
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The Cultural Olympiad

• Other projects
• INSPIRE MARK PROJECTS IN THE SOUTHWEST
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• The Bristol Do
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• B Side (The Seaside)
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• Anti-Bodies

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The Cultural Olympiad

• OPEN WEEKEND
• 26-28 September 2008 will
• Promote the start of four years of cultural
  celebrations
• Announce the large-scale, national creative
  projects
• Begin Cultural Olympiad awareness campaign
• to the public
• 40 projects in the South West

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The Cultural Olympiad

• HIGHLIGHTS
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• Veles e Vents in Weymouth
• B-Side (the seaside) Weymouth and Portland
• Go behind the scenes at BBC studios in Bristol
  and Plymouth
• The Bandstand Marathon Region Wide
• The International Comedy Film Festival Torquay
• The Austerity Olympics Trowbridge
• The Un Wrapped Cabaret are two dance events in
  Swindon
• A photography show of young local talent will be
  on show in Trowbridge
• The Knights Attack! Mediaeval Poole comes alive
• The Bristol Do, a two day out door arts
  extravaganza in Bristol
• The Lyme Regis ArtsFest Artists Art Trail
• Free cultural and sporting activities for all the
  family in Cheltenham
• Family weekend of cultural activities across the
  Bath
• On your Marks, Get Set, Go! Bodmin

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The Cultural Olympiad
heres to the journey... Richard
Crowe 2012 Creative Programmer Tel 07956
050756 E-mail richard.crowe_at_culturesouthwest.org
.uk