Thoughts: GIDE trip in Dundee

I was in group 4, with about 12 people in.

Train line project. Trip to bought ferry. Checked out scenery and town. Met the ‘contractors’. They told us what they wanted. Objective to get more trains to come through bought ferry, so ultimately for more people to get on and off the train at bought ferry.

So how do we do this? Basically to show people on the passing trains what bought ferry has to offer… beach, dog walking places, castle, unique shops, famous jam, playground. Also to let the people of boughty ferry have a reason to spend time at the train station other than to get a train. Some kind of attraction.

Then to maybe incorporate an idea into the purpose built seating area/ heating/ shelter.

firstly we all brain stormed together and wrote the ideas down on post it notes. the ideas were:

soup kitchen
jam give away/ jam vending machine
sabotage rival bus service
make it a hot spot tourist destination
instillation/sculpture
device that measures the speed of the train and displays it to the station... interactive guessing game for kids.
play a sound over the sound of the train so it seems like the train plays a different sound every time it goes past.
change the kinetic energy from the wind of the train into something else...
sound instillation
wind chimes
thermometers that show the wind speed and temperature and water temperature of the beach.
sand marble run- kinetic & gravity interactive sculpture
bring the beach to the station
story of the beach/ nature trail around boughty ferry- starts and ends at the train station, collect stickers as you go around the route.
ghost train
photo swap with train and station. for example a photo booth in the train and a photo booth on the station, photo is taken when train passes/stops at boughty ferry.
well come party
entice community groups to meet at the station..
Notification on phone that you just passed boughty ferry, with a link to website?
performance- people dressed up as a train carriage. they run around boughty ferry and assemble as a full train at the station when the train arrives, notifying people of its arrival on their way.
flash mob at train times.
challenge- 'get out of boughty ferry'
speed dating
choir