2009 Awardees so far…

January 2009

Kate F-C (Liverpool UK) - Spot the difference with a difference fool!

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February/March 2009

Ian Mac Tilstra (Vancouver, Canada) - DVD in production. 

May 2009
Bryony Moore (Manchester, UK) - Wearing a sandwich board in a shopping central in Manchester (one side ‘Art is the new shopping’  and the other ‘Art is where its at’). 

ART IS… from Bryony Moore on Vimeo.

Mitra Mimarzia (Birmingham UK / Iran). ‘See a Penny’. One hundred pennies, 100 locations in Birmingham city centre….Who will find them??? Documentation to follow. 

June 2009

Bob Cousins (Liverpool / UK). The first ‘on the spot’ proposal verbally given to us in Liverpool by the man himself! Bob will be sending us his lifetimes philosophy in 200 words. We’re looking forward to receiving his eccentric wisdom soon….

And here it is…

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Michelle Bint (Birmingham / UK). Breaking our own rules of one, one pound giveaway commission for each month - we decided to splash out and offer a further £1 to another proposee as we loved the spirit and the idea: Michelle will purchase bumper lollipops and sincerely hand them out to ginger haired people - as celebration and NOT humiliation!

July 2009
Elena Cassidy-Smith. Inspired by Enid Blyton novels, Elena Cassidy-Smith will create subtle interventions in the form of message in a bottle. Using the one pound to buy mystery novels, text instructions for finding locations in and around Wolverhampton (UK) will be placed in bottles….  Elena’s covert operations will observe what people may or may not do with the message discovered in a bottle or two…..Watch this space!

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Anna Chrystal.  £1 has been granted to Anna to make an unusual snow globe. Inspired by her interest in fantasy and real life documentary photography, this one-off snow globe required a further £3 of investment before becoming a reality, all with a Tudor twist! Brenda helped with this commission, providing £3 quid.

Here is the picture folks:

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August 2009
Eccentric Anonymous: The Streets of Stoke-on-Trent are paved with gold (as symbolised in the photos below):

morley and stratham streets hanley in stoke on trents bustling town centre

morley and stratham streets hanley in stoke on trents bustling town centre

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

broad street hanley in stoke-on-trents bustling town centre

broad street hanley in stoke-on-trents bustling town centre

 

 September 2009

Rob Tilling  A cycle journey in Birmingham (UK), mapping out the words ‘The Eccentric City’ via cycle paths and road networks.

 October 2009

 Ian - Leslie Miller The Travelling Plant Project launched c/o quid.