City Flickers

City Flickers is a time-lapse project that was led by film-maker Richard Bolam and assisted by young apprentice Jessy Busgeeth during a two week intensive arts apprenticeship at Site Gallery. The aim was for Jessy to learn more about a creative process he was interested in [time-lapse] by working alongside a suitable practicing artist. Richard guided Jessy through creative decision-making on the project and supervised him to conduct a series of short time-lapse experiments.
City Flickers and three other assignments undertaken by Jessy during his apprenticeship will be entered for a Bronze Arts Award qualification in autumn 2010. The Arts Award is a flexible, independent qualification set up by Trinity College London and the Arts Council England to support young people who want to deepen their engagement with the arts, build creative and leadership skills, and achieve a national qualification.
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July 2010
Site Young Apprentice Scheme [SYAS] gives 14 to 21 year olds the opportunity to work more closely with the gallery on a variety of creative activities such as being part of the decision making process for commissioning new work.
In July 2010 the gallery piloted an intensive two week apprenticeship for eight young people [14 – 17] as a vocational extension of the SYAS. The pilot offered a practical insight into careers in the contemporary art sector through a range of exciting assignments and artists’ talks. Apprentices developed creative, media and workplace skills in a ‘real work’ style environment and led their own creative projects while working towards an Arts Award qualification and gaining a written reference outlining their achievements.
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External Links:
City Flickers
Related blogs:
Jessy Busgeeth’s apprenticeship blog
Site Gallery work placement blog