So here we are, the proposals are in and gaining approval, so thought that I should post here to let you all know what it is I am exactly planning!
The main work of prep will be over the winter, ready for elements to go live at Easter 2013. There are three elements in all, the first is called 'fly catchers' where I take extracts from Coleridges journals written in the Nether Stowey era. I place these in a GPS sensitive browser so I can control where the images can be viewed. The aim is to put his work back into the landscape which inspired him. This is a letter which is at Coleridge Cottage in Nether Stowey, Somerset. Well worth a visit.
Part two and three are more creative and require user input. Storyboxes will be hidden (with full permissions) both at Nether Stowey end and Porlock end of the Coleridge way. Inside will be the beginning of a poem or three, people will be encouraged to hunt these out, add a line or more, then re hide for the next. Number of boxes and locations are yet to be decided. These will be live from Easter 2013 over the summer to come out ready for Exhibition at the Porlock festival, and Somerset Art Week.
Part three is about creating Quick Reader codes of poetry (Square bar code) There will be school workshops and a picnic walk to create content and read content. Basically I am asking people to respond to location (along the Coleridge way ish) and write a couple of sentences in that place. These can then be encoded into the QR barcodes and placed on a map (online) and some in situ. People can then decode the poetry through the camera in their mobile phone on the street or alternatively use the mobile browser (on their iPad, or smart phone) which is again GPS sensitive to unlock the special words. Takes a little more explaining this one but I hope you get the gist.
Anyway, so there are plans afoot, with work happening this winter, all will link into the Coleridge Way Website, so if you feel you can add or plug in to these then let me know. I hope to create some really interesting works which a range of people and families (not just Coleridge fans) can become part of. Get in touch if you feel you can add, and spread the word, I will need promotion a plenty ready for next year!
