EE_12DFW20 - Fabrication Lab

The Twelve Days of Christmas

ROGER GARDNER . NAZAM UDDIN . GIADA GONZALEZ . KRISTINA VELEVA . LIVA BALODE . ANNE MILES . ARIETTA LANCASTER . LORETTA CHARLES . KATARZYNA MASKOWICZ . ST MARY'S SCHOOL YEAR 4 & 5 . HARRY CONWAY . MOLLY HARPER . WESTMINSTER ACADEMY YEAR 12

A FABRICATION LAB FILM

IN THE WINDOW AND ONLINE DECEMBER 2020

There have been many variations on the well-known carol ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’, but none quite like this! Join us for a unique Festive Window, created in the Fabrication Lab Robot Cell on Marylebone Road. You can see our robot from the street, creating a live movie based on 12, animated interpretations of the gifts from the song. Or see films of the installation and the different gifts below. The Competition for which was the best gift is now closed - see the winners below!

We hope you enjoy the window.

Merry Christmas!

A partridge in a pear tree

by Roger Gardner

The story involves 6 birds. They take part in a race and fly around and land at exactly the same time: a draw! A robin in a plum tree. A blackbird in an apple tree. A wren in a cherry tree. A blue tit in a mulberry tree. A magpie in an apricot tree. A magpie in an apricot tree. A partridge in a pear tree.

Two turtle doves - 2nd Place (Judge's Prize)

by Nazam Uddin

Turtle doves dating in the age of Covid - Dancing together on Zoom from the safety of their homes!

Three french hens - 1st Place (Judge's Prize)

by Giada Gonzalez & Kristina Veleva

Our proposal is a critique to how the governments around the world have managed the current situation and the events that took place this year. Through satire we try to tackle a serious issue but with a funny twist.

Four calling birds - 3rd Place (Judge's Prize)

by Liva Balode

A model of a calling bird that you can hear as it rotates, as well as capturing fleeting glimpses of the bird in flight.

Five gold rings

by Anne Miles

FIVE GOLD MASKS (go dancing at Blackpool)

Six geese a-laying

by Arietta Cammarata Lancaster

Dad: 'Shall we make geese laying eggs?' Arietta: 'Will they be chocolate eggs?', Dad: 'No but they will be the colours of the rainbow'

Seven swans a-swimming

by Loretta Charles

Seven swans a-swimming on the ocean waves led by Captain Jack Sparrow

Eight maids a-milking - 2nd Place (People's Prize)

by Katarzyna Maskowicz

A contemporary take on the 8 maids milking: 8 mer-milk-maids milking a seacow.

Nine ladies dancing - 3rd Place (Judge's Prize)

by St Mary's School, Years 4 & 5

Nine ballerinas dancing (by Year 4), in a festive cityscape (by Year 5). Actually, 10 dancers, but who's counting?!

Ten lords a-leaping - 1st Place (People's Prize)

by Harry Conway

Ten Lego Lords, a-leaping off toad-stools into the unknown.

Eleven pipers piping - 2nd Place (Judge's Prize) & 3rd Place (People's Prize)

by Molly Harper

Inspired by my little sister and her amazing achievements this year with her baking business despite covid I have used the 11 pipers piping to create a modern twist. The scene is a Winter's theme set in a forest with 10 little mice making and recreating the snow and building a ginger bread house at the end of the scene, with the door open to peer within in the end of the scene sees one little mouse finishing of a cake inside the house.

Twelve drummers drumming - 1st Place (Judge's Prize)

by Westminster Academy, Year 12

As the song builds, so does the collection of gifts. By the end of the song and the twelve drummers drumming, you'll find all the gifts together, hidden in the Christmas Tree! All watercolour paintings by Year 12 and Ann O'Brien.

PARTNERS:

The Twelve Days Festive Window is brought to you by the Fabrication Lab at the University of Westminster, in partnership with the School of Architecture + Cities and the Baker Street Quarter Partnership. Participants include students from the College of Design and Creative Industries, as well as local schools St Mary’s Bryanston Square and Westminster Academy. We are very grateful for generous sponsorship from the Portman Estate.

BEHIND THE SCENES:

For more information about 'The Twelve Days Festive Window' and how this project has been created, follow this link: HERE

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