With the aim of facilitating time and space for people to get creative, have fun, and reflect on their connection to nature, over the first three Sundays in August, we will work with members of the community to create a temporary art installation, full of crafted plants, animals and fungi, as if nature were reclaiming the triangle on Church Street, culminating in a performance on the fourth Sunday. The first part of the project is to design an outdoor art installation / set design that can be easily made by members of the public and the creative team. Then on 3 consecutive Sundays in August we will host the making days outside in the triangle on Church Street (in the foyer of The Cockpit theatre if there is bad weather). We will set up tables, provide materials and simple instructions for anyone passing by to join in creating and constructing parts of the installation (and potentially puppets for the performance) e.g. small plants and animals using arts and crafts. And we still start to fill the triangle with our community made art installation. Each Sunday it will grow and take over more of the space and we will clear it away at the end of the day. For the second part of the project, commencing the week of the 17th August, we will work with a new composition and 3 performers to create a 15-30 minute physical theatre piece to be performed in the full installation on Sunday 23rd August. Key Dates Location Fee Contract Expected Working Hours Essential requirements: Desirable requirements: The Designer will be responsible for: - Developing the creative vision for the installation, in close collaboration with the director Please send a CV, portfolio and a short covering email (max 1 page or video/audio application of no longer than 2 minutes) to [email protected] by 10:00 on Monday 29th June. Please fill out our Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScmNAwtECVdR3Rbkl1qeODiRx2rL6q958kWJ8h-CHYZG5B2nA/viewform?usp=header. Interviews for shortlisted candidates will be held during w/c 29th June. The Cockpit welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly encourages applications from those currently underrepresented within the cultural sector.Job Summary
Job Description
w/c 29th June - Interviews
w/c 6th July - 1st Design Meeting
w/c 13th July - 2nd Design Meeting
w/c 20th July - 3rd Design Meeting
Sunday 2nd August - 1st Making Day
Sunday 9th August - 2nd Making Day
Sunday 16th August - 3rd Making Day
Tuesday 18th - Friday 21st August - Rehearsals at The Cockpit
Saturday 22nd August - Tech
Sunday 23rd August - Show
w/c 24th August - Debrief
The triangle on Church Street, near The Cockpit, Gateforth Street, London, NW8 8EH
£2,404.00 fixed fee
Freelance
2.5 days or 20 hrs a week (8 weeks)Job Requirements
- experience designing sets for theatre or 3D art installations
- an enhanced DBS certificate
- based in or have a connection to the borough of The City of Westminster, London
- speaks Arabic, Kurdish, or Bengali
- experience working on outdoor projects
- experience working with or an interest in puppetryJob Responsibilities
- Leading on the design of the set / art installation
- Sourcing making materials as required
- Working with the facilitator to lead on the making days and implementation of the design
- Helping to choose and source the costumes
- Working within budget, time and space limitations as laid out by the team
- Attending production meetings, the making days, some rehearsals including tech, and the debrief as requiredUseful Links
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