La Princesse
"Something that was free, something to bring communities together and something that wasnt about football or The Beatles. Something that was cultural and powerful and on a scale that nobody could imagine"
It was so exciting to be in Liverpool on Saturday. Ang, Charlotte and I had arranged to get together at the weekend, months ago..... not realizing what would be going on in the Capital of Culture. I was watching events unfold on the La Machine website during the week. When we arrived La Princesse was resting by the Liver Building...and a huge crowd was gathering. The artists were talking to the crowds in French...explaining that the spider would be waking up at 3 o clock.
Musicians sat high up on forklifts, started to play and the spider started to move. She then set off on her walk around the streets with thousands of people following her. We cut up a side street and into the shopping centre of Liverpool. It was jammed packed with people waiting to see the spider. Just as we were heading back to the car we heard the music again and saw the spider coming round a corner...it was a fantastic sight....she was raised up high and looked enormous. It was like being on the set of a film....the grey skies and old grey buildings made it all very dramatic.
It was street theatre at its biggest and best.
"This is Liverpools 'blimey' moment ...its memorable moment for 2008"
I loved it.
It was so exciting to be in Liverpool on Saturday. Ang, Charlotte and I had arranged to get together at the weekend, months ago..... not realizing what would be going on in the Capital of Culture. I was watching events unfold on the La Machine website during the week. When we arrived La Princesse was resting by the Liver Building...and a huge crowd was gathering. The artists were talking to the crowds in French...explaining that the spider would be waking up at 3 o clock.
Musicians sat high up on forklifts, started to play and the spider started to move. She then set off on her walk around the streets with thousands of people following her. We cut up a side street and into the shopping centre of Liverpool. It was jammed packed with people waiting to see the spider. Just as we were heading back to the car we heard the music again and saw the spider coming round a corner...it was a fantastic sight....she was raised up high and looked enormous. It was like being on the set of a film....the grey skies and old grey buildings made it all very dramatic.
It was street theatre at its biggest and best.
"This is Liverpools 'blimey' moment ...its memorable moment for 2008"
I loved it.
posted by Jill at 3:06 pm
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