About this Event
'This Landscape is Ours' Light & Sound Walk in Halifax Town Centre
Over four nights in February 2025, you are invited to see Calderdale through a lens that will change how you view this landscape forever.
We invite you to put on headphones and to embark upon an immersive experience of sound, light and visuals that bring familiar streets to life, whilst peeling back the layers of memory and meaning attached to these special places through the stories of local people told in their own words.
Starting from Halifax Bus Station the guided half mile walk will last approximately 45 minutes, with short stops along the way, culminating in a spectacular visual experience at The Piece Hall.
The walk ends at Halifax Borough Market where you are then invited to have refreshments and to reflect on the experience and share your thoughts.
This Landscape is Ours
Wednesday 5th Feb - Saturday 8th Feb
at 6pm and 7.30pm
Tickets are FREE but booking is essential as places are limited
'This Landscape is Ours' is an IOU Creation Centre and Breaking Barriers production
A community-led social history project that gathers stories from the people that call Calderdale their home, This Landscape is Ours celebrates and shines a spotlight on the cherished, forgotten and remembered places that hold significance for Calderdale’s diverse people and communities..
Over 6 months, IOU and Breaking Barriers met with people from across Calderdale, recording personal stories and weaving these with visual imagery, soundscapes and animation to create an immersive Light and Sound Night Walk for people to enjoy on their local streets. Photography Gallery
Beyond this the project will continue to grow through the production of a new interactive map that collates all our collective stories and memories, charting our relationship to the many places and landscapes that make up Calderdale.
Essential Information
This is a guided walking tour undertaken in a group of 20 people
The meeting point is at Halifax Bus Station
The end point is Borough Market
The half mile walk will last approximately 45 minutes, with short stops along the way.
The group move from start to finish at a slow and steady pace
Please wear comfortable footwear and dress appropriately for cold February evening weather.
The route is mostly flat, but there are a few gentle inclines, and there are some curbs.
Accessible options have been located and a member of our team will be dedicated to any audience members who need additional support. The Breaking Barriers Access Consultant Sam Jamil has been consulted to ensure that the route is suitable for wheelchair users
At the end of the route, audiences are invited for a hot drink and snack at Borough Market to reflect on the experience and share your thoughts.
The audio experience will be available through the headphones provided.
The audio piece is delivered in English.
The project is suitable for age 10+ (children should be accompanied by adults).
Content warning: Strong language in one of the stories
Participants are free to bring pushchairs if required.
Breaking Barriers is a Rochdale-based production company whose work is rooted in amplifying unheard voices and bringing ambitious work to local streets and people. We regularly work with communities and artists from a rich diversity of backgrounds and lived experiences, and like to tell stories in ambitious digital formats.
Parvez Qadir, Artistic Director of Breaking Barriers
“This piece encourages people to experience Calderdale through new eyes and invites people to witness ambitious work on their local doorstep, creating a love letter to the places and spaces that they call home”
IOU Creation Centre for contemporary art, engineering, and technology.
Supporting artists to develop, produce, exhibit and tour innovative new work.Based at Dean Clough Mills in Halifax, the IOU Creation Centre is 10,000 square feet of studio, workshop, and gallery space along with the IOU Hebden Bridge Hostel, which hosts artists, visitors and audiences.The IOU Creation Centre draws inspiration from the rich tapestry of culture, landscape, and industrial history that defines our region, Calderdale, in the South Pennines, West Yorkshire.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Halifax Town Centre, Halifax Bus Station, Halifax, United Kingdom
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