As designer and creative director on Aurora I have seen her grow from my initial rough sketch in to a fantastical giant. Working on such a unique project allows for great freedom in designing and creating.
Coaches have been arranged from Bristol, Brighton, Oxford and Canterbury to bring you to London for Aurora's parade on 15 September and take you back to your destination.
To secure a place on one of these services, please book your seat by 5pm Wednesday 11 September.
Lucien is the director at Factory Settings, a scenic construction company, based in East London.
For us at Factory Settings, constructing
strange imaginings is our stock-in-trade. Unfortunately, most of the more
outlandish enquiries never get to the production stage. It's an all-too
familiar conversation these days when we get a call, for example, asking "Can
you make us several dinosaurs to be installed around London?"
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Arriving to work this morning, staff at Lancashire County Council will find a fracking rig drilling outside County Hall in Preston. It's a fake fracking outfit - the same Frack & Go that struck in George Osborne's constituency ealier this year - but it gives a small taste of what being next door to a drilling operation is like.
It's particularly timely as the council planning committee will be deciding soon on a new application from Cuadrilla, the same company that has attracted huge protests in Sussex.
When we commissioned the work for Aurora, the
world’s biggest polar bear, the Shard had never been climbed. The 6 women who then
climbed it on 11 July had not yet inspired thousands of people through their
epic ice climb to save the Arctic. Greenpeace hadn’t yet said: what will you
do?
On 15 September we will haul a giant people-powered polar bear through central London. Aurora is part protest, part performance - all Arctic. She is a giant super-puppet - the size of a double decker bus - and her fur carries the names of each and every member of the movement to save the Arctic.
See her transformation over the past couple of months from a design into a giant marionette.
Charities and campaigning groups have lined up to condemn the 'charity gagging bill'
When David Cameron described the access
of business lobbyists to government as "the next big scandal", we thought he was making a prediction.
But his lobbying bill, otherwise known as
the 'charity gagging bill', seems so deliberately controversial, and is being
rushed through parliament with such unseemly haste, that we're wondering if he
was actually making a promise.
Dressing up idea: wear white - and draw paw pads and noses on white gloves and dust masks
Get ready for #Iceride, the global protest against Arctic destruction! Download all your fun accessories here to get you looking great for Aurora's parade on 15 September or on one of the other events on the day. There are Arctic animal masks, stencil kits, and facepainting guides. Click on the image to get the downloadable pdf. Have fun!
Balcombe police line during March for a Frack-Free Future
While shale gas advocates hoped the 5-day Reclaim the Power camp was a flash-in-the-pan, Balcombe fracking opponents are “upping the ante” for Cuadrilla’s final 28 days of drilling, announcing a rolling blockade of the frack site starting September 1st.
Louise Alexander is a multi-skilled actor with a keen interest in puppetry. She works part-time at Puppet Centre as their administrator and is also the director of her own company, LAMA Creative, which undertakes digital design and theatre making.
It’s not every day the opportunity to help create a giant polar bear puppet the size of a double decker bus comes along. For an actor, theatre maker and wannabe puppeteer this is pretty irresistible stuff. But that’s not what’s at the heart of Aurora; that’s a whole other kettle of fish.
