Which ideas can be used

for The Colour Orange?

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Which ideas can be used for The Colour Orange?

Paper/prints: Information about the Olympics 2008 will be printed on orange paper. Not only political declarations but also on ordinary memos to athletes. One could imagine that some papers would print parts of the information about the Olympics with an orange background or using a small orange logo every time there is an article mentioning who won what.

Clothes: Audience, athletes and other participants in the Olympics 2008 will wear something orange, for example a suitcase, a handbag, a hat, a tissue, a jacket, a necktie, some earrings, a camera bag, mobile phones, a pen etc.

The athletes could use orange directly incorporated into their sportswear, sport equipments, bottles, and jewellery. This might for example draw the attention and respect when the first gold winner takes up his orange scarf to remove the sweat from is face.

NGOs such as Amnesty International and the Tibet and Burma committees could stand in the airports contacting the sport unions or be present within the Olympic training camps of their respective countries to hand over orange scarves or something else they think could draw the attention.

Journalists could write their notes with an orange pen.

What could ordinary people do to help redefine the colour orange: It is important to give ordinary citizens who are not going to the Olympics some options to support the project and make their own statements about China. This could for example be:

On the internet they can put the orange logo that supports the project (on their websites, internet-profiles etc) or by passing on press releases and information about the Orange Project and about human rights in China. They could add themselves on the lists that support the continuous focus on China during the Olympics.

Sport clubs can locally arrange a common Olympic event in order to incorporate orange into their expression. Small things such as serving an orange welcome drink with a comment about the drink reminding us about human rights violations in China. The local office of Amnesty International could also come and make an introductory presentation about the situation in China before you focus on the sport itself.

People can wear an orange colour with a statement that puts focus on human rights violations in China during the time the Olympics are running.

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