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The Cast Party Project

Winners of the 29th Arts & Business Diversity Award

Black and white film flashcard reads The Cast Party Wearing a dirtied suit and cravat, Buster Keaton of silent movie fame, leans closely to the mouth of a cannon, waiting for the sound of an explosion

The Cast Party, held on 11 August 2006, was an Extant site-specific experimental pilot event, Supported by Artsadmin, Orange and The Great Eastern Hotel.

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It was a first-ever attempt to research how a social environment could be accessed to visually impaired people through personal describers using technology, description and navigation.


From above, party floor filled with guests, with full length of blue lit bar running at the back, above which the mezzanine level has palm trees along the back wall and white table lamps in-between. Woman in pink curly wig on left, looking down at mobile phone in her hands with bearded man opposite on right, looking down at phone in his hands.

A 60 minute DVD showing the unique training and Cast Party event is now available - Contact us for costs and further details

Photographs by Lucy Cash

This cell in the table puts a vertical bar of colour on the page

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