Camp Little Hope

Every Thursday I have attended morning lectures delivered from various speakers from various fields of design from animation to fine art and applied arts. One of the most interesting that stood out to me was one of the earliest I went to, delivered by the art collective "Camp Little Hope".

A multi-disciplinary collective consisting of members from all over the world, they were based in the nearby by village of Corwen near Llangollen where they were responding to a brief there about rejuvenating the area through interaction with locals and tourists and making Corwen much more sustainable and functional than it already is.

"The Wayfinding Project"

Tasks included working with local schools to create illustrations to be placed on posts along a new footpath through a meadow (called "The Wayfinding Project"), using village notice boards as informative installations and also the placement of aesthetic elements such as flowerbeds and gardens and enhancement of a nearby meadow directing travelers from the train station into the village and finally turning what was once a public toilets which was blighted by vandalism into a new staffed art exhibition (called "The Toiledau Residency").

Although I am in no way, shape or form a fine artist, I can appreciate the thinking and the passion behind Camp Little Hope's work and their ambition to use their artwork as a form of sustainable improvement and enhancement due to their emphasis on elements and various sustainable factors that affect all of us as human beings.