About this Event
Taking the form of a guided walk through the grounds, and drawing from archival maps and garden plans, Lee has created a map onto which participants are invited to plot their emotional and sensory response to the place. Creating a visual response to the location, this workshop aims to highlight the multitude of ways that different people experience the same space, spotlighting and ultimately celebrating neurodiversity among humans.
The workshop will draw on Lee’s practice of poetry mapping – a celebration of, and reconnection to, place. Lee encourages participants to rediscover a sense of wonder and meaning within places by facilitating slow engagement with environments. His work uses a playful, poetic style, challenging us to form counter-narratives to the ordinary, revealing the spectacular in the mundane.
This is a free event, but booking is essential and spaces are limited.
Access:
The workshop is designed to be accessible via the paths of Winterbourne Garden, most of which are wheelchair accessible, however some areas are uneven. The artist has designed the workshop to ensure that all are welcome, however, we share the accessibility information of the site here: https://www.winterbourne.org.uk/accessibility/ . If you would like to discuss accessibility of the event further, please email [email protected]
An audio guide of the walk, along with a blank version of the map will be available after the event via our website. This will provide an opportunity for those who miss the workshop to experience the space online or to have a go at filling in the map themselves. Please note that there is an entrance fee for Winterbourne if you wish to use the map or guide onsite outside of the event itself.
About the Artist:
Lee is an artist and poet living in Birmingham. He works on interdisciplinary projects combining poetry and the visual arts.
He has been awarded Arts Council funding for research into the practice of 'Poetry Mapping' and has worked on several societally engaged projects, producing commissioned work for The National Trust, Elan Links and Multi Story.His poems have been published in the New European, Birmingham Poetry Literary Journal and Coast to Coast to Coast, and he was formerly, Assistant Editor at Neon Books.
You can visit Lee's website here.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Winterbourne House & Garden, 58 Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
