Historic landscapes and mental wellbeing at Burgh Castle Roman Fort
Tuesday 10th September 2019
After a fascinating day interviewing film makers, we headed to Raveningham to take down our installation, The World as Nature Intended.
It has survived howling gales, torrential rain, strong sun and 4500 visitors.
The roundels will be repaired and integrated into our Almanac. The willow structure stays in position, to weather through winter and spring, until the Trail comes round again.
John Durrant took this photo when he went to Burgh Castle with a friend on Tuesday 27th August.
This image is by Philip Wells
BCA member Phil Wells is now volunteering with Norfolk Archaeological Trust at Burgh Castle Roman Fort. He took this photograph of Sue Tyler’s roundel in our installation at Waveney Valley Sculpture Trail.
We are seeking applications from film makers to work with us from November 2019 – May 2020. Burgh Castle Almanac is a fabulous project in a beautiful place with amazing people – so if you are interested we’d love to hear from you. Deadline for applications Monday 2nd September 2019.
THE PROJECT
BURGH CASTLE ALMANAC is an archaeology, creativity and wellbeing programme based at Burgh Castle Roman Fort and Time and Tide Museum. Once a month a group of local people walk around the Roman Fort making a photographic record of the changing seasons. Sometimes we are joined by archaeologists, artists, musicians and environmentalists to explore the landscape in different ways. A fortnight later we gather at Time and Tide Museum to make art reflecting our experiences. The project began in May 2018 and continues until May 2020.
THE PARTNERS
The Restoration Trust engages people with mental health problems with heritage, art and culture so that their mental health improves. We call it Culture Therapy. restorationtrust.org.uk
Norfolk Archaeological Trust works with local communities to save Norfolk’s irreplaceable historic sites and to share them with everyone. www.norfarchtrust.org.uk
Access Community Trust in Lowestoft promotes social inclusion for the community benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society. www.accessct.org
Burgh Castle Almanac is part of Water, Mills & Marshes, a £4.5 million programme supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund that focusses on the people, communities and heritage of the Broads National Park.
THE BRIEF
Make a short film (around 15 mins) reflecting on and encapsulating the Burgh Castle Almanac experience, including using the project’s archive of artworks and photography
Attend up to 6 sessions to capture the activities taking place and speak with group members about their experiences
Work in consultation with project members to create the final film.
Creative excellence
Experience of working collaboratively
A commitment to community engagement
To provide own filming and editing equipment
Valid public liability insurance of at least £5 million
To comply with risk assessment and monitoring procedures for the project
Project framework
The sessions timetable is available on our website, www.burghcastlealmanac.org. Sessions are generally on Tuesday mornings, from 10.30am – 1.30pm. A picnic lunch is included. The Film Maker will work directly with the Burgh Castle Almanac project manager, Laura Drysdale, Director of the Restoration Trust.
The film will be shown at Time and Tide Museum as part of the project’s final Almanac, exhibition and celebrations in May 2020, with a view to wider distribution to community venues and online.
This commission will be dependent on a successful application to Arts Council England.
BUDGET
The budget will be based on tenders submitted in this commissioning process.
APPLICATION
Please supply a response to this brief outlining:
Proposed solution: your approach and the methods you will use (up to 500 words)
Costs: Your fee to make the film. Any additional costs attached to your proposal for materials or equipment.
Experience: details of up to five other projects relevant to the current one in terms of scope, size and context; and curriculum vitae(s) of relevant staff to be employed in performing this contract.
Referees: details of two referees
Assessment process
All tenders will be assessed by the project management team including:
Laura Drysdale, The Restoration Trust
Caroline Davison, NAT Co-Director
Andrew Farrell, Broads Authority
Ian Brownlie, BCA Creative Facilitator
Burgh Castle Almanac members
Deadline for applications: Monday 2nd September 2019
Interviews: Tuesday 10th September 2019 at Burgh Castle (venue to be confirmed)
Contract award: Friday 13th September 2019
For further information and to submit your response to this brief please contact:
Laura Drysdale, The Restoration Trust laura@restorationtrust.org.uk
Come and see our installation in the beautiful rambling Waveney Valley Sculpture Trail. On Tuesday 6th August we will be running a public workshop on making art based on the historic landscape at Burgh Castle Roman Fort – email laura@restorationtrust.org.uk if you’d like to come along.
On 7th May our regular Tuesday meeting travelled to the site of this year’s Waveney Valley Sculpture Trail at Raveningham, where we will be showing an installation that is also a den, and maybe a teepee, or a bender, or a tent, or a dome. Drawings by Robert Fairclough and photos by Tod Sullivan and Louise Fowden.
These beautiful images were created by members of the project with Ian Brownlie, and then Ian designed the posters for us. Thank you Ian! The unsung hero in preparing this and many other exhibitions for us is Jon Cheswick of Eco Colour Print. Natasha Hutcheson, co-Director of Norfolk Archaeological Trust, who arranged for our coin to be identified and the inscription translated to make the show’s title. Colin Stott and his colleague Philip Miles at Time and Tide Museum helped with getting the exhibition on display, and with labelling, loan forms, equipment and framing.
