WHEN THE LAND SPEAKS – صوت الأرض
Sun 09 Jul
|London
BINT MBAREH, JULIETTE MOURAD, OLA ELHASSAN Unearth a new connection with the land on this guided foraging and mudlarking walk through Hackney Marshes.
Time & Location
09 Jul 2023, 15:00 – 16:30
London, London E10 5SG, UK
About the event
Tickets: https://www.shubbak.co.uk/when-the-land-speaks/
invites you to join a guided excursion through Hackney Marshes, exploring what it means to be truly connected with the land we live on.When the Land Speaks – صوت الأرض
Fragmented by colonial forces throughout history and neglected by our own leaders, diaspora hailing from the Arabic-speaking world have a varied relationship to land. When we are divorced from our homelands and immersed in a lifestyle that often revolves around work and isolation, this event asks – how can we honour our homes by connecting with the land and the nature that grows here?
The trail will be guided by sound artist and researcher, ; visual artist and landscape architect, Juliette Mourad; and poet and electrical engineer, Ola Elhassan. Through story-telling, foraging and mudlarking, we will reconnect with plants and fungi, pick up objects to use as instruments, exchange stories, create earth pigments, and engage in deep, atmospheric…