About this Event
Join us for the launch of A/Owning, a new public artwork by José García Oliva, as part of Words in Public Spaces.
Words in Public Spaces is a new public art commission from Metal, part of Peterborough Cultural Alliance’s Place Partnership Programme. Working with local shop owners across the city, many of them migrant and second-generation families, José has adapted each awning into stages for a city-wide cultural programme.
The words on the awnings come from a poem written collectively by people in Peterborough. On the night, we'll move between each awning, gathering the words as we go.
Image credit: Peterborough Museum Archive
Agenda
🕑: 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
a man selling a birdcage in the cathedral square
Info: Introduction by Metal, followed by a spoken word by artist Zain Haider Awan underneath the awning. Dance artist Kate Marsh will then lead a choreographed journey through Peterborough, guiding the public to the next site.
🕑: 06:00 PM - 06:30 PM
a couple holding each other’s waists jump together into the garden of...
Info: Artist Charley Genever anchors the gathering with a spoken word, followed by a barter taking place on site. Kate Marsh will then guide the public to the next location.
🕑: 06:30 PM - 07:00 PM
the economy enters through the back door carrying two crates of tomatoes...
Info: Poet Kaitlene Koranteng performs spoken word beneath the awning at Hook’d. The event continues with Kate Marsh leading the public towards the final location.
🕑: 07:00 PM - 07:30 PM
the tea turned into coffee down the road a new building with an old queue
Info: Closing performance and refreshments. The evening closes with a live performance by band PNS Bhajan Mandali led and performed by the shop owner Bhakta.
Event venue & nearby stays
29 Bridge St, 29 Bridge Street, Peterborough, United Kingdom
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