SUNDAY 20TH MAY £12 / £9 TIME: 8.00PM – 11.00PM VENUE: THE MEADOW, SALFORD AWAKE – BE PART OF AN ART PERFORMANCE Limited places As part of the Not Quite Light Festival, artist Lucy May Schofield will stage a social artwork inspired by the 2017 performance Awake. The work was originally made in rural Northumberland in 2017, to mark the beginning of Spring on the Vernal Equinox (March 21st), where she slept on a mattress on the moors from sunrise […]
SATURDAY 19TH MAY £5.50 TIME: 8.30pm – 10.30pm VENUE: TBC GUIDED WALK ‘LOITERING IN THE NOT QUITE SPACES’ CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS A special psychogeographical exploration for Not Quite Light Weekend…. Join us as we weave together facts, fiction and fairy stories about Salford’s past, present and future. This walk resists the dominant place shaping narratives; instead will uncover hidden histories, spaces and power relations which have shaped our streets, As we drift together we will hear tales of […]
Whilst I was in Dartmoor the tail end of Hurricane Ophelia arrived, bringing with it sand from the Saharan desert. I could feel the energies of the ancient land be changed as nature raged across the moorland. THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS TAKEN FROM THE PODCAST BASED ON MY JOURNEY TO DARTMOOR. NQL PODCAST- DAWN ON DARTMOOR The house where I was staying on Dartmoor was in a hollow. Growing up around Manchester, and now living in a high rise, I’m […]
‘4‘ Exploring the Bridgewater Canal in Salford. Commissioned by Salford City Council EST 1761 and Heritage Lottery Fund Events are scheduled to for each section of the project.
-4- Canal boats traditionally travel at 4 miles per hour, which roughly equates to the speed of a brisk walking pace, and this significantly determines how the waterway is experienced. It allows us time to observe, whilst travelling, in a way often lost to us in the modern era. It’s also a constant thread back to our ancestors, who also would have journeyed along the Bridgewater Canal with the same measured progress. Over the four seasons of the year, I’ll […]
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