[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-pop-up-festival-preparations":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Wow, the Pop Up Festival site looks AMAZING! I went today for the schools and press launch, and got to see how our COMICS BIG-TOP OF AWESOME is coming along! It's all happening this weekend, and the comics festival-within-a-festival is just Saturday, so do come along! And did I mention that it's all FREE? \u003Ca href=\"http://pop-up.org.uk\">Details on the Pop Up Festival website.\u003C/a> And click here for our fabulous \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/487551.html\">comics creator lineup and the day's comics event schedule\u003C/a>!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_comicsbigtop_gang2-2710327d46.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThe three Central Saint Martins art students are working their tails off to turn it into a fun comic space, and I was so thrilled when I walked in. Here's the fabulous team: \u003Ca href=\"http://mydearisabel.tumblr.com/\">Isa Caruncho\u003C/a>, \u003Cb>Maddy Rita Faye\u003C/b> and \u003Cb>Chiahui Liao\u003C/b>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_comicsbigtop_team2-8a2c2f61bb.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nLook at these critters, aren't they brilliant?! I was trying not to get in the way of their work, but I couldn't help running around examining everything.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_comicsbigtop_chiahui3-98acbe8e46.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd check out these Story Wheels! There will be three of them, and people can spin them (like fruit machines) and combine the words to get ideas for their stories, such as a deep-sea diver giraffe in a prehistoric swamp or a mermaid London sweet shop owner. (\u003Ca href=\"http://www.candygourlay.com/\">Candy Gourlay\u003C/a> reminded me that this was her idea when we had the first brainstorming session! And I know \u003Ca href=\"http://www.emmavieceli.com/\">Emma Vieceli\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://pawqualitycomics.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/The%20Sessions\">Jim Medway\u003C/a> both do similar things when they lead comics workshops.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_comicsbigtop_wheels-4576a4d3de.jpg\">\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for lots more photos under the cut!-->\\r\n\\r\nHere's Chiahui Liao working on the big panel you'll see when you first walk up to the Comics Big-Top of Awesome.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_comicsbigtop_chiahui1-d2c503c46d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nMaddy Rita Faye is working on the monkey logo image here.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_comicsbigtop_maddy-3e799ef16d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd Isa Caruncho is painting a big interior panel. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_comicsbigtop_isa4-3fb25ca622.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nA back story: Isa's from the Philippines and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.candygourlay.com/\">Candy Gourlay\u003C/a> is featuring a Filipino-style fiesta, so Candy and I had a huge fight at the first meeting over who would get to work with Isa. I loved her illustrative work and she was wearing a Kate Beaton comics t-shirt and I claimed her for comics and I'm so glad I won, ha ha. (Apologies, Candy!)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_comicsbigtop_isa-764a710a92.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's Production Coordinator \u003Cb>Jessica Hudsley\u003C/b> checking our our robot. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_comicsJessicaHudsley-9e36e29f7d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nWriter \u003Ca href=\"http://www.marcussedgwick.com/\">Marcus Sedgwick\u003C/a> has been hugely ambitious in organising a whole vampire-themed theatrical production based on his young adult novel, \u003Ci>My Swordhand is Singing\u003C/i>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_marcus_tree-0fe772b702.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nRehearsals have been going for awhile, and I think it's going to be quite scary, so probably not for the younger children. But should be pretty amazing.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_marcus_set3-13519edc04.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://jamesmayhew-katiespictureshow.blogspot.co.uk/\">James Mayhew\u003C/a>'s pavilion will go up for Sunday's part of the festival, he'll be working with \u003Ca href=\"http://james-mayhew-author-illustrator.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/meet-clara-vulliamy.html\">Clara Vulliamy\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://james-mayhew-author-illustrator.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/meet-vanessa-stone.html\">Vanessa Stone\u003C/a>, and people will be able to walk right into famous paintings, just like his book character Katie. Here's art student \u003Cb>Fabrizio Panella\u003C/b> painting a Rousseau set. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_Fabrizio_Panella-e575e6361c.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd I didn't catch this student's name, but it looks like the painting's tiger really will pop out!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_comicsbigtop_mayhew1-ab58878b05.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nYou can't tell too much from Candy Gourlay's Filipino FIESTA pavilion yet because so much of her part will be live - a big band, bamboo dancers, costumes, a game show, authors, a big party! She's made a whole FIESTA website for it here, \u003Ca href=\"http://popupfiesta.tumblr.com/\">have a look!\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_comicsbigtop_candy-1e1ce92c36.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's a peek at the launch event, Pop Up Director \u003Cb>Dylan Calder\u003C/b> giving the opening speech, surrounded by sculptures made by french artist \u003Ca href=\"http://www.herve-tullet.com/\">Herve Tullet\u003C/a> with Archway schoolchildren. (You can see photos of the process on a Pinterest page \u003Ca href=\"http://pinterest.com/popupfestival/herve-tullet/\">here\u003C/a>.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_dylan_speech-5f04033279.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nComedian/performance artist/illustrator/writer\u003Ca href=\"http://www.lauradockrill.co.uk/\"> Laura Dockrill\u003C/a> and I had fun dressing up and being generally colourful. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_sarah_laura_dockrill-0bd91642a4.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd here's our lovely, very hard working director, Dylan Calder! Dylan's been working on this festival all year, and for the first half of the year all by himself, and he's put a tremendous amount of time into applying for our funding. So send him lots of love and medicinal chocolate when this is all finished.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_dylan_sarah-7dfbefd44d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nSome more Herve Tullet/schoolkid artwork. Another back story: remember \u003Ci>The Book with the Hole\u003C/i> that I kept taking photos of people posing with at my studio mate's \u003Ci>Stitch London\u003C/i> book launch? (a href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/431958.html\">Click here and scroll down to see.\u003C/a>) Well, this is the guy wot done it. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_herve_tullet_set-2e6594ec49.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHerve gave a short speech, but we were all rather smitten.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_herve_tullet_6-db84d83a9e.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_herve_tullet_set4-7c9667699d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThere's SO MUCH STUFF going on at Pop Up! Here's storyteller \u003Ca href=\"http://www.blacknbluepress.info/edhome.html\">Ed Wicke\u003C/a>, who's going to be part of the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.sfs.org.uk/\">Society for Storytelling\u003C/a>'s tent on Sunday.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_ed_wyse-066d02aa42.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nLaura Dockrill loves \u003Cb>Roald Dahl\u003C/b>'s books and her pavilion on Sunday's going to be all Dahl-themed. I think it may even be inside a giant peach! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_lauragoldticket-5eea185b30.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_dylan_laura-e4faa51b57.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/twittizenkane/\">Doug Wallace\u003C/a> who's a trustee and one of top people running Pop Up. I already know him as a comics publisher at \u003Ca href=\"http://www.selfmadehero.com/\">SelfMadeHero\u003C/a>, so this festival really is soaked in comics! Doug's going to be giving us a hand at the Comics Big-Top of Awesome tomorrow.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_comicsbigtop_doug-329962a814.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd (somebody please remind me of her name!) this is the person in charge of running the Central Saint Martins side of things, and organising our work with the art students to build the Pop Up sets. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_csm_rep-b524341670.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's organiser and logistics person \u003Cb>Nichola Dryburgh\u003C/b> who is MEGA BUSY today!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_comicsbigtop_nichole-b05d8a1370.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd more of the Pop Up team! Thanks for all your hard work everyone! SEE YOU TOMORROW! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_press_team-68f142d106.jpg\">","2012-06-29T17:15:00.000Z","pop-up-festival-preparations",[],"pop up festival preparations!",1776628722027]