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Films

 

 

| Timelapse: Creation of the Operation Soapbox maze: 10 crew, two designers, 24 hours = Creating the Operation Soapbox maze at the Royal Festival Hall! Watch the process in two minutes on this time-lapse film. Soundtrack: Lumbung Desa, played by Laris Laris. This Gamelan music from Indonesia is about calling people to work together.

 

Podcasts

 

| Podcast Love and humour: Operation Soapbox architects and organisers talk about the maze. What sparked the starter questions in July 2007? Recorded and edited by Fiona Black.

 

| Podcast, Favourite maze messages: Visitors choose their best bits of the Operation Soapbox maze. Recorded and edited by Fiona Black.

 

| Soapbox Sunday Project organiser Lucy Macnab, and artists Beyonder and Amy McGann talk about their response to Operation Soapbox, and the workshops they lead on 29 June 2008 at The Lift to celebrate the project. Recorded by Fiona Black and edited by Rob Blake.

 

| Soapbox Sunday Peter Bradley, Director of Speakers' Corner Trust and former MP for the Wrekin explains how to get your voice heard in Parliament and what he thinks about Operation Soapbox. Recorded by Fiona Black and edited by Rob Blake.

 

| Soapbox Sunday Amy McGann, Co-Director of JumpStartMove, leads a dynamic debate with members of the public in The Lift, discussing one of the issues raised by young people in Operation Soapbox: animal testing.

 

 

Education Resources

 

| Operations Manual:A poster guide to the project for young people.

 

| Photo Diary: Where it all began: a collection of photos of the Operation Soapbox Maze at Southbank Centre.

 

| Teachers' Pack:Ideas, strategies and suggestions for teachers and group leaders.

 

| Template News Release:It may be easier than you think to get coverage of your Soapbox project in the newspaper, or on radio or TV. You can download our template news release here, fill in the gaps and contact your local media. Got something important to say - take it public!

 

 

Ideas and Activities:

 

| October’s Guest Contributor,Lemn Sissay, is poet in residence at Southbank Centre. Read about his Memory Soapbox and download activities for your group.

 

| November's Guest Contributor,In residence at Southbank Centre, Cape Farewell brings artists, scientists and educators together to collectively address and raise awareness about climate change. Read about their recent trip to the Arctic, and how to use your Soapbox for a voyage of discovery.

 

| December's Guest Contributor,The Poetry Library is on the fifth floor of the Royal Festival Hall at Southbank Centre. We asked the Library staff (Miriam , Oyinda, Jon, Kora, Jane, Chris, Mia, Dean and Lorraine) to contribute some ideas for how poetry can help you work with your soapbox.

 

| February's Guest Contributor,Dancer and choreographer Gauri Sharma Tripathi is artist in residence at Southbank Centre. Here she introduces you to Kathak rhythms as a way of sharing your ideas creatively. Download the audio files as well as this document.

 

| April's Guest Contributor:Operation Soapbox is all about getting your voice heard, so how can you get the most out of your vocal chords? Mary King, internationally acclaimed vocal artist and star of Channel 4's Musicality and Operatunity, tells you how.

 

 

Operation Soapbox feedback

 

| Feedback For the Future:Please fill this in and return it when you send back your 'Soapbox'.

 

 

Music Downloads:

These tracks accompany the activity by February's Guest Contributor, Gauri Sharma Tripathi.

 

| Message

 

| Groove of 3

 

| Groove of 4

 

| Groove of 5

 

| Groove of 7

 

| Bells

 

| Cymbals

 

| Sample 1

 

| Sample 2

 

| Sample 3

 

| Sample 4

 

| Example 1

 

| Example 2