Passages Camps - Summer 2004

Workshops

  • Indian Head Massage
  • Voice Improvisation
  • Poetry
  • Circle Dance
  • Song Learning
  • Simulation (of an organisation something like Passages)
  • Hot-seat
  • Stick making (carving)
  • Social Dreaming
  • Various children's activities including hot-air balloon making, kite-making, play for the cabaret
  • Pin-hole camera making and using
  • On-going art meeting with the theme of "Synapse"
  • "Large group"
  • Morning Tai Chi and Dance of Life

And the Small Groups met regularly

Events

  • Ceremony/Procession which this year, in a break with tradition, went anti-clockwise around the field
    • following the string for a tour around the sculpture garden
    • crossing the Shepton Suspension Bridge (I did not actually measure it but I remember that the towers rose around a dizzying 4 feet above the ground, the span being roughly an ambitious 9 feet, and the road-bed being suspended a breathtaking zero feet above the ground), with a select few being carried across by sedan chair
    • visit to the spring with optional dipping of toes in the water
    • at the top of the field passing through the Temple of Chaos (where making a lot of noise was not only allowed but encouraged - and there was a by-pass for those who did not wish to partake of the experience)
    • beneath the ash tree, where there was a good supply of rugs (to sit on): the Temple of Mo (where "mo" was diligently chanted - a bit like om, only backwards)
    • a journey to the centre of the Labyrinth, where there was mutual feeding of Maltesers using straws and blue-tac
    • to the the top fire for refreshments, including flapjacks and pretzels, and entertainment, including fire poi
  • Cabaret
    • Plays
    • Songs
    • Jokes

Link to Bender Pole Sculptures

Pinhole photography

Rachel Cornish, a practicing artist in the South West of England has been running workshops in pinhole photography. The whole process involved making cameras to developing the prints. Using only the field, a darkroom was made from hazel poles, tarpauline and rope. Many beautiful photos were produced by the community, culminating in an exhibition, 'Pinhole in the Whale 2004.' (www.rachelcornish.co.uk)

1) 'Synapse' (2004) Rachel Cornish

2) 'Field' (2004) Rachel Cornish

... after being changed from negative to positive by computer:

from Synapse

from Field

Pinhole in the Whale 2004: Exhibition of pinhole cameras and photographs in the Whale (the largest bender):

Labyrinth with photographic dark room, print washing and drying in the background:

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