Labyrinth at Eden




The launch of the Labyrinth circus show at the Eden Project. NoFit State Circus's acrobats perform death-defying stunts inside the Eden Project's famous Biomes. The exhilarating Labyrinth show performed exclusively at Eden over the summer holidays (29 Jul -- 29 Aug).


The Exhibition

Two volunteers - Catrin and Lauren - have been working on the development of the exhibition since the exhibition development training day at Cardiff Story Museum. With Lucie Connors we had an in-depth look at how the CSM have developed their permanent exhibition in The Hayes, and as might be expected these days, there are many aspects to think about to make it educational, accessible and fun.

The NoFit State archive exhibition has a slightly different remit, the main difference being that the exhibition will be temporary, through December 2015.

Catrin in the Archive Office on Monday

Lauren is away at the moment, tho' back soon, so Catrin shared her archive exhibition notes- 

                                                            "what we have done so far"

Theme development for exhibition

The exhibition is about celebration (30 years) it will look at things such as:

Key stages in development of No Fit State

Different types of work: 

• community, 
• contemporary shows, 
• production of shows, 
• backstage

We produced a timeline for putting the exhibition together including what resources we need and who we need to work with.

We catalogued existing artefacts which include t shirts, costumes, props, posters, programmes, maybe some photos?

We met Tarn Aitken at the warehouse on Dumballs Road and looked at bigger artefacts

We looked at:

• large scale props
• models of sets
• notes for development of shows
• costumes
• parts of the set

We looked at different display methods and media we could use - online research, looking at existing resources and visiting museums.

            We researched issues to bear in mind such as key audiences, accessibility and how to produce engaging content that visitors can relate to.

                            We looked at how audiences can provide feedback on the exhibition.

                                                 We started looking at video, photos, archive materials and oral histories to pick out key stories and content for the exhibition.

                                                                 We started to think about events that can go alongside the exhibition

                                                                              We started recruiting volunteers and developed guidelines for their work such as how to edit oral histories.

                                                                                              We have started to produce written content for the exhibition.

Ali will be working with the girls and they will all be busy bees over the next few weeks, and this hive of activity will be up on this blog as it happens, stay tuned