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Hands Up by Dominic Charles

30/9/2020

 
The second film in the Black Life Monologues is now available to view on our Youtube challenge.  A beautifully choreographed and performed, powerful and challenging piece by Dominic Charles.
Here Dominic explains his thought process behind it:
"This piece was even though there have been so many recent injustices, I wanted to shine a light on those that have been forgotten about. Philandro Castille, Mike Brown, Sandra Bland, Elijah Mcclain. So many of my brother and sisters that have been slaughtered but have never fully received their justice."

Can you spot these posters around Stoke-on-Trent?

18/9/2020

 
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Look out for our super large Art Street posters around Stoke-on-Trent from 22nd September.  We have been working to make sure that the Essence head sculptures are still looking great and artist Richard has made a replacement for the one of Christine which went walkies from outside Wetherspoons in the centre of Stoke.  ​
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Why not book yourself a visit to Stoke during October and enjoy the wonderful Art Street trail of sculptures and banners.  
More details about the project and who they represent can be found on the Essences page.

Lud's Church Explorations

12/9/2020

 
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Artist Amy Cutler visited Stoke-on-Trent and the Staffordshire Moorlands on the first weekend in September in preparation for her commission Ludchurch Channel.  The project combines ideas of individual and communal experience of landscape, and of Lud’s Church itself as a form of ‘channel’ in the landscape and Amy will create a film and a soundpiece based in this mossy chasm.  This film-as-public-laboratory will make visible the process of bringing together the human and nonhuman threads of the “green chapel”, as both a private and a public channel; a hidden place for individual ritual, but also a shared landscape at the same time.

You can follow the work as it develops on Amy's own site and through Festival Stoke's Facebook, Twitter and Instagram channels.

'SKIN' by Ophelia

11/9/2020

 
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We're delighted to launch the first Black Life Monologues this week.  Skin by Ophelia is a strong, beautiful and moving short monologue and film.  There will be four more films in the series.  Details about the family of artists involve is on their page and the video is available to view on our Youtube channel.

Can you help Harry?

3/9/2020

 
One of our Festival Echo artists Harry Wakeling is gathering people's thoughts on what they have missed or lost during lockdown and he will shape these into a projection to bring them to life.

We need people from Stoke to complete this very short survey.  Thank you!
Later in the year as part of the Arts Council England funded #festivalechoes programme, artist Harry Wakeling will be presenting his project ‘Lost Moments’ and he needs your help.
Harry Wakeling is a Multidisciplinary Artist with interests in installation art and community engagement. As part of the Festival Echoes programme, Harry intends to create a series of experiments with projection mapping, bringing to life experiences and events that have been lost due to isolation and social distancing around Staffordshire. 
He has created a survey that he hopes will inform the outcome of his piece; If you are from Staffordshire and have a few minutes to spare, please feel free to share your responses. He’s hoping to hear about exact locations you may have missed in the Staffordshire area.
Link to the SURVEY
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  • Festival Stoke
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  • Festival Echoes 2020
    • Undergrowth
    • Continue to Burn
    • Soundscapes of our Landscapes
    • Scarred
    • Sonic Conditions
    • Black Life Monologues
    • Ludchurch Channel
    • The Tiny Folk of Stoke
    • Bird Rave Landscape
    • Transcend:Connection
    • Stoke Creative Olympics
    • Heroicus Rex - A Film
    • Lockdown Stories
    • Lost Moments
  • Projects
    • Essence 12 Secret Stars
    • The Tourist Guides
    • Surfaces Banners
    • Spring Events 2020
    • Upon Trent
    • Werburgh & the Wild Goose
    • Greening Stoke
    • Big Weekend 2019
    • Art Stop
    • Arts Advocate
    • Art Street 2017
    • Festival Echoes
    • Big Weekend 2017
    • London Road Festival
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    • Meet the Team
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