That's a great picture Peteo, I did the same walk and the little
security camera you can see there followed us round as we walked down
that passage.
Here's my experience...
About a dozen of us gathered outside the Ikon where we were enclosed
in a large white band. Told we would walk for an hour in silence, and
off we went.
Initially it was hard, and a little frustrating, trying to walk in
this enclosed space without stepping on other people. We quickly
learnt to walk well as a group, as we went through a series of turns,
narrowings to single file and other manoeuvres.
The first public reaction i saw was that of a security guard directing
traffic, who just stared at us in wonder, totally distracted from his
task. Next, a Brindley place security camera followed up with its
little glass eye (see Peteo's photo). As we waited at a pedestrian
crossing, a group of lads on the other side shouted "is it a
protest?". I also overheard someone explaining: "it's a tour for
foreigners" and met a guy who was going "is it a flashmob? It's a
flashmob isn't it." but of course, our vow of silence prevented up
replying.
We also stopped in various places, in Chamberlain Square where one of
our guides followed the outline of our band with bread crumbs, and
slowly, pigeons joined us within our space. Later we had a game of
cats cradle, tying ourselves up in knots with elastic until "ping,
ping, ping..." it was released.
I actually saw lots of bits of Brum I hadn't visited before, and it
was fun watching the reactions of passers-by - those who didn't see
us, those who stopped and stared and those who tried to rationalise us
away.
Once we were released from our band, and our silence, our kind artist
guides gave us kites to fly with the words "Here","While", "We" "Walk"
on them :-)
Maybe see you at one of the other events!
What do you think?
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25/05/2006, AndyPryke said
That's a great picture Peteo, I did the same walk and the little
security camera you can see there followed us round as we walked down
that passage.
Here's my experience...
About a dozen of us gathered outside the Ikon where we were enclosed
in a large white band. Told we would walk for an hour in silence, and
off we went.
Initially it was hard, and a little frustrating, trying to walk in
this enclosed space without stepping on other people. We quickly
learnt to walk well as a group, as we went through a series of turns,
narrowings to single file and other manoeuvres.
The first public reaction i saw was that of a security guard directing
traffic, who just stared at us in wonder, totally distracted from his
task. Next, a Brindley place security camera followed up with its
little glass eye (see Peteo's photo). As we waited at a pedestrian
crossing, a group of lads on the other side shouted "is it a
protest?". I also overheard someone explaining: "it's a tour for
foreigners" and met a guy who was going "is it a flashmob? It's a
flashmob isn't it." but of course, our vow of silence prevented up
replying.
We also stopped in various places, in Chamberlain Square where one of
our guides followed the outline of our band with bread crumbs, and
slowly, pigeons joined us within our space. Later we had a game of
cats cradle, tying ourselves up in knots with elastic until "ping,
ping, ping..." it was released.
I actually saw lots of bits of Brum I hadn't visited before, and it
was fun watching the reactions of passers-by - those who didn't see
us, those who stopped and stared and those who tried to rationalise us
away.
Once we were released from our band, and our silence, our kind artist
guides gave us kites to fly with the words "Here","While", "We" "Walk"
on them :-)
Maybe see you at one of the other events!
What do you think?
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