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Mission Offsite ProjectsVetch Veg Pizza Evenings
10 Awst - 24 Awst 2012
PIZZA & IDEAS in the Sandfields
During August Mission Gallery presents Alternative Dialogues led by artist Owen Griffiths. Continuing on the successful community dialogues that Vetch Veg has already created residents of Sandfields will be offered free pizza in exchange for ideas about their community.
For the past eight months, artist Owen Griffiths has worked closely with Sandfields’ residents on transforming part of the old Vetch football grounds into a community vegetable garden - Vetch Veg. Plot-holders celebrated the June harvest with a feast and produce show outside the Adain Avion fuselage as part of London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
Now, Vetch Veg is gearing up for the next phase of project activity – Alternative Dialogues in partnership with the Mission Gallery. This project aims to generate ideas and discussion within the community about what the future of both Vetch Veg and the Sandfields could be. Artist Owen Griffiths says,
“ Alternative Dialogues invites people to continue to think creatively about our collective future. The pizza night is about extending the relationship of the Vetch to other residents of the Sandfields. We’re encouraging residents to tell us more of their ideas about ways we could change Swansea. In exchange for a pizza we want an idea of how Swansea could become a green paradise.’’
For three Fridays in August (10th, 17th & 24th) Sandfields residents will be invited to call the Alternative Dialogues Pizza Line (07971109250) and place their order. The pizzas will be handmade and freshly baked in the site’s cob oven, then delivered free of charge by bike and on foot to households in the Sandfields area. (A limited number of pizzas are provided on a first come first served basis and a maximum of 3 Pizzas per house may be ordered).
Alternative Dialogues has been originated by Mission Gallery and Owen Griffiths.
Vetch Veg | www.vetchveg.co.uk
Vetch Veg is a participatory and interdisciplinary social artwork in association with Adain Avion, project managed by Taliesin Arts Centre, in partnership with Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea Environmental Forum and the City and County of Swansea and part of Wales ‘Artist’s Taking the Lead’ funded by the National Lottery through Arts Council of Wales, included in the London 2012 Festival and part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
Pizzas will be delivered between 7 – 9:30pm on Friday 10th, 17th and 24th August 2012. Pizzas can be ordered by calling 07971109250 and upon delivery pizzas will be exchanged for an idea which will be recorded on film for future use.
For further information and to arrange press photography please contact:
Carys Shannon 07846901138
carys@carysshannon.co.uk
