Creative Generation is an intergenerational participatory audiovisual project designed by Big Bang Lab, aiming to create links between communities of residents living in Housing Estates and neighbourhoods in London. In our society we are facing a lack of human and social interaction between young people and older people. This exciting project is an attempt to restore [...]
In partnership with Dreamstake we have been running monthly events at Club Workspace in Clerkenwell since last August. BIG BANG NIGHTS are networking events using films to trigger open discussions or crowdversations, an open platform to enable collective, constructive and meaningful discussions. In the case of BIG BANG NIGHTS the overall theme is culture, creativity [...]
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Este video refleja el trabajo de campo realizado por los participantes del taller de comunicación Ideagora impartido por Sergio López Figueroa en la ciudad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria , durante las jornadas de Implosión Cultural el 19 de Marzo de 2011. La captura de información tuvo lugar durante una visita a uno de [...]
This new venture is combining the social media platform of the spoken word, AudioBoo with a wiki platform to engage people all over the world with our flagship project and cultural social responsibility programme, Global City Symphony. We are inviting to get contributors to a wiki open to individuals that speak more than one language [...]
Shared Voices, the power of genuine communication Are evaluation forms the best to tool to capture the impact of your organisation’s work? What about using the power of video for web distribution and involve a number of stakeholders in the making? The value lies on a diverse representation of stakeholders, customers and influencers being engaged [...]
What is Global City Symphony? Summary: Following a 2009 Delhi pilot, Big Bang Lab presents Global City Symphony, a digital media project using music, archive media, participatory documentary and silent digital films to connect disadvantaged communities around the world. A future creative learning and knowledge sharing platform in a network of seven cities will allow [...]
Collective interviews video co-created by participants to the VII Campus of Cultural Cooperation which took place in November – December 2010 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, organized by Interarts. To learn more about Euroamericano, the VII Campus of Cultural Cooperation, click here alturl.com/x32tx Music soundtrack composed and performed by Javier Infante, from Gran Canaria javierinfante.com [...]
The video was produced by Big Bang Lab for Otakar Kraus Music Trust, a leading music therapy charity based in Twickenham, London. The video is used as promotional and evaluation tool showing the process during a series of creative music workshops involving children with disabilities and their siblings. They all participated together in a Summer [...]
Sergio López Figueroa in conversation with five participants of the conference ¨”Culture and the Policies of Change”, the 2nd Culture Watch Europe Conference, Brussels, 6-7 September 2010. We discussed briefly over the lunch break issues of sustainability, artists in the community, new creative opportunities as well as accessibility to a diverse range of cultural experiences [...]
How culture and media can play a role to reduce poverty and increase social cohesion in cities? In 2009 the founder and director of Big Bang Lab, Sergio López Figueroa, received an award from the British Council, part of the Cultural Leadership Programme. He worked in Delhi with Prayas an NGO supporting underprivileged children in Delhi. [...]
CSR as Cultural Social Responsibility. Delhi City Symphony Film screening + networking event The Hub King’s Cross 18th February 7 pm Booking http://globalcitysymphony.eventbrite.com • Why is culture outside of CSR or under represented by social enterprises? • Are cultural enterprises committed to social change? • What is the common language of CSR, Cultural and Social Enterprises? Come and [...]
Sergio Lopez has been invited as keynote speaker by Notre Dame University to contribute to the CityStreet conference in Lebanon on Friday 20th November. Sergio will be introducing the model of City Symphony and cultural social responsibility in the context of the city including the screening of the documentary Building Fragments produced by Big Bang [...]
“It’s up to us to advocate the role of culture by simply doing”, interview with Sergio López Figueroa Lab for culture is a platform for cultural cooperation between Europe and the rest of the world representing 50 countries and 6 languages, working with artists, arts and culture organisations and cultural professionals. Big Bang Lab’s director [...]
Big Bang Lab as a member of the Citizens’Coalition for Public Service Broadcasting (CCPSB) supports the consultation report in relation to A Response to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on the Consultation: ‘Sustainable independent and impartial news; in the Nations, locally and in the regions’. Response of the Citizens’ Coalition for Public [...]
Creative Generation is an intergenerational participatory audiovisual project designed by Big Bang Lab, aiming to create links between communities of residents living in Housing Estates and neighbourhoods in London. In our society we are facing a lack of human and social interaction between young people and older people.
This exciting project is an attempt to restore a sense of commonplace and a better understanding of each other’s narratives in order to build a better future. Some stories can get lost forever so archiving the conversations and interviews on video is important for the community and for future generations. This project is a combination of creative oral history with civic lead journalism using video as a tool to capture stories, travel on time to the past, to the future and maybe come up together with new solutions to old problems.
The challenge of bringing people together to share stories is minimized by the opportunities ahead to allow genuine individual and collective voices of expression to emerge. We all need the time to talk and listen to eachother’s in order to co-create alternative visions for the future beyond stereotypes, especially under challenging socio-economic circumstances and uncertain futures for all. Learning from each other’s narratives is a gift but where do we start our journey?
Tulse Hill in South London and St Martin’s Estate in particular are spaces where historically the friction between local public and private service providers has shaped the life of residents going through the ups and downs of community lead activism and the determination to have their voices heard. We work closely with High Trees Community Development Trust, an organization providing adult learning opportunities and ongoing service to the wider community. One of the sucessful stories of the neighbourhood.
Let’s explore our collective wisdom!
To know more about it check our microsite www.creative-generation.org.uk
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