Thursday, 26 July 2007

Session 9 - Imaginon - Helen Blowers


So we had come the full circle.

Imaginon is a building in Charlotte which combines a children's/teens library with a theatre. What a space it is. A 500 seat theatre, 250 seat perfomance space, arts/craft area, cartoon/ film-making space.

The main idea is the BRING STORIES TO LIFE.
And it is to DELIVER AN EXPERIENCE, NOT A SERVICE.

http://www.imaginon.org/

They also have photos on flickr - go check now that you have your account.

I'd love to have seen what they did with Fairy Tale Gone Bad! The mind boggles.

No description can do the place justice - even her slides and talk were almost inadequate to get a feel for the space.

One word EXCITING and another might be expensive... shows what you can do with foundation funding.


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