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| Intelligent Trouble's Podia Project at the Horninam Museum |
Last week three members of Intelligent Trouble got together
at the Horniman Museum, on the occasion of the Olympic torch passing through
Lewisham, and made their contribution to the Podia Project. David Gates, Katy Hackney and myself
asked visitors to write down sporting memories and personal accounts of winning
and loosing. These messages were then attached to helium filled balloons, secured to the ground, to create podia of different heights on a high
spot in the museum’s grounds overlooking South London.
It was a bright and breezy day, and all went according to
plan as the balloons were swept this way and that, making the podia levels
indistinguishable from one from another and reaffirming the message shared by most
of the participants that it’s not all about winning but simply taking part.
The inflatable display had many stop and pause over the course of the day, looking at
the panoramic view over London, and generally made the most of one of the first
sunny days we’ve had in London this summer. Releasing the balloons at the end of the day and have the
messages carried up and away across the city would have been great, but our thoughts went out to the turtles out at sea who fatally mistake remnants of latex balloons floating out at sea for jelly fish, as well as other sea life, and did the environmentally sensible
thing by handing them out to the visitors on their way out of the park. A win-win situation all round.
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