‘Community Waterscapes: A Mermaid’s Tale’ is a creative participatory project I’m leading artistically in partnership with the Energy and Environment Institute at the University of Hull.
This project celebrates the ‘Fletcher’s mermaid fountain’, a statue originally installed at the Zoological Gardens in the mid-1800s before moving around the city, getting lost for a bit, to then finally rest at Western Library, Boulevard.
This exciting co-creative project was launched through a day of family-friendly creative and heritage activities at Western Library, as we began to weave new mermaid myths with existing community watery stories ahead of a new artistic commission. Visitors:
🧜♀️ Participated in artistic storytelling activities to help weave new stories into the mermaids tale
🧜 Explored stories about Hull’s watery heritage through the university’s digital storymap
🧜 Explored Hull Maritime’s handling collection of maritime objects.
🧜♀️ Enjoyed maritime artworks by Ian Pearson and George Bell
To be continued…
