Common: Folk Procession

🌳🌟 COMMON PRESENTS: a community folk procession reimagining our relationship to urban green space. Featuring work from performance artists (to be announced 🤫), we invite you to take part in the art of modern myth-making. All welcome! Dressing up encouraged! Please bring along scrap pieces of fabric to weave into a communally made tapestry! 🌟🌳 On Saturday 26th September come and join us to parade through the woods, celebrating our environment and expressing our right to roam. What to expect: - You will be treated to 4 performances from local artists along the journey. - You will be invited to participate in reciting a folk poem exploring ideas of land ownership and the importance of our green spaces. - You will be invited to bring along scrap pieces of fabric to be weaved into a communally made tapestry to be part of an exhibition later in the year. - The event will be filmed and later turned into a video artwork to be part of an exhibition later in the year. - The procession will take place twice across the day at 12:15pm and 2:15pm, beginning from the Queenswood Drive entrance to Batcliffe Woods. - The procession is anticipated to last no longer than 45 minutes. The location has limited capacity so to avoid disappointment please reserve a free ticket for your chosen time slot. This project is part of the Seasons of Culture Programme funded by West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Leeds City Council through the Leeds Cultural Investment Programme. Accessibility Info: - The ground of Batcliffe Woods consists of uneven dirt paths, due to stones, sticks and leaves. The width of these paths vary but are deemed Wheelchair Accessible by the council. - The beginning of the procession route will be an upward slope that becomes gradually flatter as you enter the woods. The procession will be slow moving, with walking taking place for roughly 15 minutes alongside periods of standing for up to 5 minutes for performances. - There are two benches at the beginning of the procession route, one with a backrest and one without. There is one bench at the end of the route without a backrest. - The lyrics to the folk poem will be handed out. There will be some large print versions on offer. We are currently in process of trying to secure a BSL interpreter for the event and will update this info accordingly if we have managed to have someone available. - If you need anything during the procession please speak to one of the volunteer stewards. They will be clearly identified to you on the day of the event. - Updates about weather and other information will be uploaded via our social media (@common_leeds) and our link tree linktr.ee/common_lds For any additional questions please email rmprince280@gmail.com