Many thanks to everyone who came along to take part in our Halloween video for Ulverston's Candlelit Walk...the theme at Ford Park was "Birds", and our SJB3 artist Ellie Chaney rose to the occasion with her performance in John's film, projected al fresco from a ramshackle screening booth on a muddy slope. Visually less Hitchcock than Bill Oddie, the film's soundtrack is from Ste Tyson, who DJ'd on the night with a mashup of classic suspense music and audio tropes.The Candlelit Walk was ticketed for the first time this year, in order to avoid any crushes, and it seems to have worked; over a thousand people were in attendance, and as the rain kept off till the end it was a very good night of music, light, story, music and mashup, performance and installation...
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The evening aims for homemade atmosphere rather than Body Horror. More Carpentry than Carpenter. The digital elements evoke Lumiere and Magic Lanternry. The workshops involve a lot of artists and makers of all ages and produced an enormous amount of imaginative and highly individual work for the event. You can participate from the inside.
The Walk in many ways is a step into a new world for our youngest attendees and audiences; colour, lights, smoke, distant murmurings and the smell of wet undergrowth are a potent mix. The liminal nature of these nighttime events affects the onlooker and participant alike and we often hear of examples of a decision having been made in the dark: "next time I'm going to involved." The maker of the magic rather than the subject of it.
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