Here at LOCOG I have been developing work on why the Cultural Olympiad is important to people in the UK and what it should do next in order to reach those people. For me the definition of culture is broad. It encompasses food, sport, art, gardening, film, music and more. I think it is so deeply part of what makes us human that the 2012 Games embracing culture is fantastic and a real chance to bring people together in celebration all across the world.
The Cultural Olympiad is a great opportunity to bring art to wider audiences, both through its use of technology...
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0 Comments on this postSo a little about me. I'm Lex, a graphic designer, with 10 years of art and design experience under my belt. I run my own design practice, run from a converted Hackney garage - surrounded by the heart of London's low-fi art and design world. My network covers an international set of designers, architects, photographers and artists - a world of creative individuals, organisations and companies cleverly shaping the way we live our lives and the things we live them with.
Running on the philosophy that routine dulls the soul, I've just returned from 9 months on-and-off in Brazil. An opportunity...
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1 Comments on this postGreetings et bonjour from Vancouver, Canada!
We had a very exciting and historic day here today – revealing our mascots to the world for the first time. I thought london2012.com blog readers might be interested in a brief report.
One of the things we tried to do with our announcement was to ensure the mascots were revealed to the world and the local community at the same time. So, while more than 800 schoolchildren were introduced to the mascots “live” at a theatrical performance, our web team launched our mascot website, reaching many thousands of children and Games enthusiasts across Canada...
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0 Comments on this postThe Cultural Olympiad is about everyone. It is about those inside and outside this organisation. When I started here a year ago, as Jude Kelly’s Personal Secretary, I used to chant “I’m not corporate, I’m creative…” . We work in Canary Wharf, everybody knows that. We are a corporation and that can seem alienating, especially in the field I’m in, but at the heart are people who genuinely believe in what they do. We are working to bring outsiders in, opening up the opportunity of the 2012 Games. The truth of it is creativity is exactly the kind of thinking we work...
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0 Comments on this postIt is hard to believe that just over a week has passed since the vote to determine the Host City of the 2014 Commonwealth Games started. The entire Glasgow 2014 team, together with hundreds of thousands of Scots around the globe, were all so nervous and excited. It isn’t often I sit holding hands with the Chief Executive of Glasgow City Council!
The story of Glasgow’s bid began in February 2004, when the Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland invited cities to consider making a bid for the 2014 Games. Since then almost 2 million people have pledged their support...
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James, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, 16 November 2007
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0 Comments on this postFor me this week has been a tale of two cities – joined together by a very special bond. As the week ends, I am back in London – but most of the last week I have spent in China, visiting Beijing to check on its final preparations for staging the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games and learn lessons for ours in 2012.
What I found was a city unrecognisable from its popular image of a generation ago and so vibrant and increasingly prosperous that first-time visitors stand back in astonishment.
In the centre of Beijing Chinese people - especially the...
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0 Comments on this postDennis, London 1948 Organising Committee staff member, 15 November 2007
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Jonathan Edwards, London 2012 Board member, 14 November 2007
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Hugh, ODA Director of Transport, 9 November 2007
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David, Head of Environment and Sustainability at 2012, 6 November 2007
Visiting another Olympic and Paralympic host city is a bit like time travel. Last week we were in Beijing visiting our counterparts in the Beijing 2008 Organising Committee (BOCOG) who are doing the same job as us, but four years ahead.
The Beijing 2008 brand at the Great Wall of China:
It is immediately very daunting seeing the scale of the task so close to Games time, and also exciting to see the final stages of venue construction and the stage taking shape.
The principal new venues are simply grand. Indeed the scale of the Beijing Olympic...
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0 Comments on this postAt the end of October, demolition of the tallest building on the Olympic Park site took place.
The 12-storey building, which used to be University of East London student accommodation, has been derelict for a number of years.
Removing the building will clear the area that will link the Olympic Village and Velodrome during the Games.
The area is also at the heart of plans after the Games when community facilities such as new homes, schools and sporting venues will all be close by.
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