Behind Closed Doors

We will be having a celebratory bbq this Sunday after such a good show, so those of you who didn’t make it can get to see it. And anyone else can see it again…

Sun Sounds and Sausages are the order of the day… It’s on from 4pm; we will supply food and drink, but encourage you to bring a bottle.

Custard Factory Garden Shipping Container Delivery from leolodreamland on Vimeo.

from pete ashton’s blog

I only had a few minutes to hang there but I liked what I saw and shot some TTV.

It was over 9 months ago since we approached The Custard Factory with our proposal for a shipping container project. We were given access to the ‘triangle space’ at the north of the factory site which was in a state of disrepair and in need of clearing. At first we could only see the space from the fourth floor of The Custard Factory due to the high wall around the space and no gate. It was obvious there was a large amount of ‘weeds’ within the space, due to this overgrowth the project changed from the initial ideas we had into The Secret Garden. For 6 months we worked in the space creating works in response to the site, a burned down factory which had been left for over twenty years. In March we began clearing one of the three spaces in the site of Budlea in preparation for the arrival of the shipping containers which are now in place and contain some of the artworks produced over the time we have spent there.

As the show is opening to the public on Thursday I feel we are reaching a new phase in the development of the site, the space which was unused now has huge potential.

Chopping down the Budlea with friends and family. Timelapse video over two days, 5 seconds every 5 minutes, then speeded up…

its lovely in the garden now that summer is here