Annual Report 2016 SUPER SLOW WAY_ ANNUAL REPORT 2016

2016 has been an extraordinary year for Super Slow Way.

WE HAVE SUPPORTED AND DEVELOPED 30 PROJECTS WITH OVER 200 ARTISTS 20 ARTS ORGANISATIONS AND OVER 40,000 ATTENDANCES

Bringing great art to the banks of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal

Connecting people with artists, each other and their waterway

SUPER SLOW WAY: SPARKING A CREATIVE REVOLUTION IN PENNINE . Cover image: Shapes of Water, Sounds of Hope. Photo by Graham Kay

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INTRODUCTION

IN 2016 SUPER SLOW WAY WENT FROM BEING AN IDEA, LOADED WITH POSSIBILITY AND PROMISE, TO AN EXPLOSION OF ACTIVITY. WE SUPPORTED AND DEVELOPED 30 PROJECTS, IN WHICH WE CONNECTED OVER 200 ARTISTS WITH COMMUNITIES IN THE FORM OF COMMISSIONS AND ARTIST RESIDENCIES, MASS PARTICIPATION PROJECTS AND THREE MAJOR FESTIVALS. IT WAS A VERY BUSY YEAR INDEED.

Throughout the year we celebrated the Bicentenary of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal – the UK’s longest waterway and the artery that powered the heart of the Industrial Revolution: the mill towns of Pennine Lancashire. Our bold programme has nurtured the beginnings of a creative revolution along its banks, as the post-industrial landscape is transformed and repurposed for social and civic activity. We have watched people come together through art and seen communities begin to think about their self- representation and self-determination, whether through mass participation projects such as Shapes of Water, Sounds of Hope in and the thunderous triumph ofSuper Slow Way: A Rhapsody to the Leeds & Liverpool Canal; or in smaller, gentler, but equally profound, projects such as Stephen Turner’s Exbury Egg in , idle women’s floating arts centre, andBeyond Labels with the young men of Hollins Technology College, among many others.

As an action research programme, we are constantly learning. We have gained so much from our artists and community collaborators all of whom we consider part of the Super Slow Way family. We have been continuously surprised by the riches of the collaborative creative process and the results that have emerged, from meaningful relationships and connections to the creation of new, world-class pieces that compete on the international stage. This is no small accomplishment, but is the result of people, together, questioning, challenging and pushing the boundaries of what art is and looking to redefine what it means to them and the difference it can make in their neighbourhoods.

None of this would have been possible without the contributions of our partners Canal & River Trust, the four local authorities connected by the canal: with , , Burnley and Pendle Borough Councils, Newground, our creative colleagues in APPL (Arts Partners Pennine Lancashire) and UCLAN (University of Central Lancashire). We are, above all, privileged to work alongside incredibly committed residents and voluntary sector groups that exist here and to be able to draw from the deep well of artistic talent we have in the region and beyond.

A lot happened at home and abroad in 2016, which makes it feel like a significant moment in history. For us, we hope it marks the beginning of a powerful movement in Pennine Lancashire where art can help to shape the future of our communities.

Laurie Peake Director, Super Slow Way 4

PROJECTS RESIDENCY COMMUNITY COMMISSION SIGNATURE COMMISSION Pendle EVENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Fence Nelson BLACKBURN HYNDBURN

Blackburn with Darwen Carer’s Trust, Verd de Gris Carer’s Link, William Titley Brierfield The Bureau and Hyndburn Carer’s Chorus, The Civic Arts Centre Carnival, Sue Gibson and Polly Thomas Paul Allen Reedley The Bureau, Yinka Danmole Horse & Bamboo and Awaaz, Shamshad Khan Marina

Circle of Friends, Jean McEwan Beyond Labels: In Young Men’s Shoes, Hollins Technology College Creative Support Social Inclusion Project, Cath Ford Mill Hill Community Centre, Anthony Schrag

Nightsafe, Najia Baji

SLYNCS and Peer Group Burnley

St Silas C of E Primary School, Marina Moreno Rose Great Grove Super Slow Way: A Rhapsody to the Leeds & Liverpool Harwood Canal Clayton- le-Moors Hapton Blackburn Canal Festival

Leeds and Liverpool Canal Society with Jennifer Reid

Little Harwood Greenbank Church Daisyfield Eanam Wharf Blackburn Intack Audley Queens Park Oswaldtwistle Cherry Tree 5

Colne Barrowford Pendle

Fence Nelson ALL FOUR BOROUGHS

Hugging the Canal, Jennifer Reid and Simon Woolham Brierfield idle women, floating arts centre for women and girls

Kinara Festival Reedley Marina Tell it to the Water

The Faculty

Padiham

Burnley

Rose Great Grove Harwood Clayton- le-Moors Hapton

Huncoat Rishton

Little Harwood Greenbank Church BURNLEY PENDLE Daisyfield Eanam Action Factory and Canalside Community Centre, Nelson Banner Group, Zaneb Khatun Wharf Intack Alwin Reamillo Blackburn Accrington Victoria Park Pavilion Café, Melville & Co. Audley Gawthorpe Textile Collection, Harriet Lawton In-Situ, Suzanne Lacy Queens Park Oswaldtwistle Sandygate Square, BREAD Cherry Tree Super High Way,

Burnley Wood Community Centre, The Exbury Egg, Stephen Turner

Flamenco Qawwali

Burnley Canal Festival 6 Anthony Schrag in Mill Hill. Photo by Matthew Savage

Art challenges perceptual habits. That’s a fancy way of saying it makes us think of the world differently and that’s why it’s important because if we just continue to think the same things we would never develop, we would never grow or challenge ourselves. That’s what it’s for. It’s not always nice or easy but it’s always important. ANTHONY SCHRAG 7 BLACKBURN

Super Slow Way launch with Ian Stephens and Ian McMillan. Photo by Matthew Savage 8

The Rhapsody is a wonderful musical celebration of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal and is a truly unique event. There won’t be another occasion this year where you can hear this combination and class of choirs, soloists and musicians in one concert. It represents a coming together of different forms that perfectly reflects the communities and stories along the canal over the past 200 years. IAN BROWNBILL, PRODUCER 9

It’s been brilliant. I’ve had the opportunity to meet some brilliant artists musicians and poets – Ian McMillan, for example! I never thought I’d be talking to him! It’s absolutely amazing. I’ve never been involved in anything like this – and as big as this and in my home town! I’m elated! FARMEEN AKHTAR, NARRATOR & PARTICIPANT

Super Slow Way Rhapsody. Photo by Matthew Savage 10

Creative Support. Photos by Cath Ford

Blackburn Canal Festival. Photo by Richard Tymon 11

Artwork by Jean McEwan Peter Sanders at Kinara Festival. Photo by Zephie Begolo

I hope to continue to bring out these stories in the time I have left at Nightsafe. I feel lucky to be there. One of the staff said that he had seen me grow and he was right. I have grown because of the beautiful moments I’ve been able to share with the people there. NAJIA BAGI, NIGHTSAFE

Nightsafe. Photo by Zephie Begolo

I wanted to work with Super Slow way because I feel we are both on the same page in terms of approaches to working with people. They understand it takes time to create meaningful art work with people – for relationships to build, for processes to unfold, to try things out and take risks in a way that is ok for them. JEAN MCEWAN, CIRCLE OF FRIENDS GO WALKING

Circle of Friends. Photo by Zephie Begolo 12

My experience working on Beyond Labels was amazing. I learned lots of media skills including photography and filmmaking from professionals and it has inspired me to want to go on to making documentary films. I gained a lot of confidence as well and it has especially given me the confidence to stand up to bullies. I have never written poetry before but I think it’s a great way to express myself and I think I will try and do more in the future. We have all become really good friends – it has been amazing. MAHFUZ HUSSAIN, PARTICIPANT

Beyond Labels. Photo by Saqib Choudry 13 HYNDBURN

I have an important voice, I will use it to speak for the silent, the oppressed and the misunderstood. 14

I think more and more in this day and age with all the turbulence that’s going on in the world, we need to know more and the only way we’re going to do that is by listening to each other and having conversations, finding out about each other’s cultures and what makes them tick. AUDIENCE MEMBER, LOVE BOMBS & APPLES, KINARA FESTIVAL

Kinara Festival. Photo by Matthew Savage

Kinara Festival. Photo by Matthew Savage 15

idle women at Church, Accrington. Images courtesy of idle women 16

You don’t know how important this project is to me. I feel like it is my Egg! Being involved has really helped me through some rough times. We have had some really special moments. JO, PARTICIPANT

The Exbury Egg. Photo by Sam Walsh 17 BURNLEY

I’d like to feel that I can play a part in reconnecting the community of Burnley Wood with the closed-down wharf, remind them of their shared heritage and explore and discover its present state, and give the opportunity for some spiritual ownership of their own place at a time of huge environmental and economic change. Together we might discover something transcendental and culturally empowering in the ordinary, everyday actions of taking care of a place.

Why work with Super Slow Way? It’s all in the name. I have always felt that slow is important in an age where we somehow prefer quantity over quality, speed over depth of connection. Where we have to get something fast or not bother at all. We all need time for contemplation, consideration and the joy of really connecting with each other, the world around us and our own inner selves. STEPHEN TURNER

The Exburg Egg. Photo by Richard Tymon

From start to finish this project was absolutely amazing. Honestly, I was lost for words and my 6-year-old has told everyone at school all about it. Thank you to each and every one who performed and also to the staff and volunteers involved you were all amazing. Thank you for allowing this to happen, my son will remember this for a lifetime - thank you for allowing him to be a part of it. PARENT OF PARTICIPANT

Super High Way by Burnley Youth Theatre. Photo by Matthew Savage 18

Burnley Canal Festival. Photo by Ben Furst 19 20

Burnley Canal Festival. Photos by Ben Furst

Cataloguing Padiham. Photo by Matthew Savage 21

It’s been really great to see the street come alive again; everyone mixing and chatting. It’s like the old days. LEANNE, LOCAL RESIDENT

Harkat. Photo by Matthew Savage

Creatively, magic happens when you put artists of different disciplines in one space. I call it creative friction, people work together and make something more than the sum of their parts. This is not a backwater, this is not a place without culture, but maybe we need to bring these communities together a bit more and get them talking to each other. JO BELL, POET

Kinara Festival. Photo by Richard Tymon 22

Sounds of Water, Shapes of Hope. Photo by Charlotte Graham 23 PENDLE 24

For me, being involved in something that began as an idea 8 months ago and seeing it grow, and having a role in nurturing the various strands of work has been personally very rewarding. As a community worker it has been enriching to see something new and fresh to our cohesion work and it has brought in different angles and art, which usually isn’t a theme in bringing communities together but it has done that very successfully. It’s all about making Pendle a stronger place and this project is sewing the seeds for the continuation. RAUF BASHIR, PROJECT MANAGER, BUILDING BRIDGES, PENDLE

Sounds of Water, Shapes of Hope. Photo by Chris Payne

Sounds of Water, Shapes of Hope. Photo by Chris Payne 25

Kinara Festival. Photo by Matthew Savage

Pavilion Café Victoria Park. Photo by Louie Ingham

Faculty of Social Arts Practice. Photo by In-Situ

Faculty of Social Arts Practice was a six-month pilot programme run by In-Situ and facilitated by Chrissie Tiller in partnership with Super Slow Way and other Creative People and Places programmes Creative Scene, Heart of Glass and LeftCoast.

The programme was created as a unique professional development scheme for artists and creatives and took the form of a series of weekend residentials the brought people with a passion for socially engaged art together. The experience offered them the chance to learn and to work with a group of peers and to explore some of the questions around interdisciplinary collaborative art and social practice. Pavilion Café Victoria Park. Photo by Louie Ingham 26

BICENTENARY

THE LEEDS & LIVERPOOL CANAL WAS THE ARTERY THAT FED THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, FOREVER TRANSFORMING THE LIVES AND LANDSCAPE OF THE NORTH OF .

Its history spans 200 years and, like its meandering path through the countryside, there have been many twists and turns along the way. In the Bicentenary year, we wanted to celebrate the canal’s triumphs by commissioning projects, events, a specially composed Rhapsody and a limited edition range of merchandise.

The canal connects all four of our partner boroughs, , Hyndburn, Burnley and Pendle and is cared for by our other major partner, Canal & River Trust. The canal is important to us, not only because much of the work we do takes place along its banks but because it is symbolic of a place where time slows down and people can take time out from their busy lives to connect with their local environment, each other and their creativity.

Colouring Poster by Lizzie Hobbs Narrowboat Pendant by Michelle Luker

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The canal was officially opened in Blackburn in October 1816 when, for the first time, the journey could be made from Leeds, through the coalfields of Yorkshire, through the weaving mills of Lancashire to the port of Liverpool, bringing work and industry and people to the towns along the way, making them centres of the Industrial Revolution. We wanted to tell this story and commemorate the Bicentenary year by commissioning a range of merchandise, highlighting the heritage, creativity, crafts, people and places connected with it.

Working with some of the most talented and creative contemporary craft makers, designers and artists, we have developed a range of canal-inspired products, which offer a unique souvenir of the importance of the canal within our local and national identity.

These products are available for a limited period only, you can visit www.superslowway.org.uk to find out where to buy them.

Summit Saddle Bag by Matthew Riley AWL Co

Twenty One Point Five by Rob Parr The Brightwork Series by Harriet Lawton

Narrowboat Pattern by Nick Rhodes / Switch Open 28

PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS

SINCE THE OFFICIAL SUPER SLOW WAY LAUNCH IN APRIL 2016 WE LAUNCH OUR PROGRAMME AND A BRAND NEW WEBSITE, FEATURING A NEW AESTHETIC, LOGO AND REFRESHED DESIGN DEVELOPED BY SOURCE CREATIVE.

We have developed a range of multi-platform campaigns to support our broad programme, utilising digital tools including blogs, videos and social media alongside a beautiful range of printed material to connect people with our work and our artists.

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performed in the world premiere of Super Slow Way: A Rhapsody to the Leeds & Liverpool Canal on 16th October 2016 at King George’s Hall, Blackburn.

You performed alongside a wide range of professional singers, narrators and musicians from across the UK. Congratulations and well done!

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STEPHEN TURNER’S EXBURY EGG FINSLEY GATE BOATYARD

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Sat 27th & Sun 28th August 11am till 5pm 23-24 EANAM J U L Y WHARF

BICENTENARY Slow Boat to Burnley Sandygate Square Burnley Wharf Finsley Gate Wharf A Special Bicentenary Year WEEKEND Burnley Canal Festival returns in August 2016 to mark 200 years of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal and give visitors the chance to rest, refl ect and take to the water. Join us for this celebration of Burnley’s unique canalside environment. Watch for programme details. Boaters who register to bring their boat will be invited to a special Friday evening reception. Sandygate Square, The Inn on the Wharf, Finsley Gate Wharf, and locations along the canal towpath through Burnley Saturday th Sunday th ugust To get involved contact us on am till pm CANAL BOATS WORKSHOPS CRAFTS FAIRGROUND RIDES CANOES STREET FOOD MUSIC FREE WATERBUS WALKABOUT PERFORMANCE FACEPAINTING AND MORE!

SATURDAY 23 JULY 10am -10pm burnleycanalestivalorg superslowwayorg SUNDAY 24 JULY 11am - 5pm /burnleycanalfestival #BurnleyCanalFest FREE Family Festival burnleycanalfestival.org

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rides / boat trips / guided walks / exhibitions / fun fair / FESTIVAL SITE PLAN Entrance to street food / music stage / market stalls / Kennet BOATING LAKE MINI RAILWAY Burnley Central Eanam Wharf #canalfest2016 Blackburn BB1 5BL TEA GARDEN FREE ART & CRAFT WORKSHOPS www.blackburncanalfest.btck.co.uk 01254 699221 DANCE WORKSHOPS & Canalside Community Centre Burnley PERFORMANCES MUSIC Barracks WALKABOUT THEATRE ART & CRAFTS WORKSHOPS STREET FOOD FACE PAINTING THE KENNET CANOES FREE Oak Mount Mill WATERBUS Engine House Towpath Explorers i Festival Hub Basecamp 15452 SSW Blackburn Canal Festival Poster_AW.indd 1 01/07/2016 07:23 at Sandygate Square The Straight Mile FREE Flags by Lucy Birbeck Sandygate P Towpath Explorers Trail

Towpath Explorers BasecampTowpath Explorers The Fairground Weavers Triangle at Burnley Wharf Visitor Centre

CIRCUS SKILLS INSECT CIRCUS FREE WALK ABOUT THEATRE P FAIRGROUND RIDES FACE PAINTING CANAL BOATS STREET FOOD MUSIC PUNCH & JUDY Waterbus FREE ART & CRAFT WORKSHOPS Burnley CANAL CRITTERS BRIGHTWORK Manchester TIN CAN PLANTING FLORAL Road HEAD WREATHS ORIGAMI SWANS FREE WATERBUS

The Exbury Egg Burnley Wood Beauty at Finsley Gate Wharf

FESTIVAL LINE UP

Blackburn Canal Festival origami swan from leaflet Saturday Sunday

EVENT 11am 12noon 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm EVENT 11am 12noon 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm Mayor opens the Festival Live Music Stage curated by More Music Burnley Alliance Silver Band Rossendale Clog Heritage Folk Dance Remixed Mr & Mrs Flora - Walkabout Performers LIFEBOAT - the Slowest Ride on Earth The Broadside Balladress at Sandygate Square A Few Feet Up - Walkabout Performer Cardboard Canal Boat Tin Type Trailer The Poetry Takeaway Festival Hub Ben Farmer Walkabout Musician A Few Feet Up - Walkabout Performer Tell it to the Water Tin Type Trailer Towpath Explorers Trail Ben Farmer Walkabout Musician Brightwork Signage Workshop with Tell it to the Water The Cunning Craftsman Towpath Explorers Trail Glad to be Here - Collage Workshop Brightwork Signage Workshop

Ribbon Workshop with Yellow Door Artists The Cunning Craftsman Hub Festival Street Food Glad to be Here - Collage Workshop

Pendleside Hospice Walk Set off from Pendleside Hospice at 10.30am –Donation £10, £5 children Street Food Square Sandygate at Facepainting & Henna Hand Painting Facepainting & Henna Hand Painting Oak Mount Mill Engine House Oak Mount Mill Engine House Canal Boats Canal Boats Free Waterbus with Canal Cruises Free Waterbus with Canal Cruises Canoes on the Canal Canoes on the Canal The Kennet The Kennet

Saturday & Sunday

EVENT 11am 12noon 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm EVENT 11am 12noon 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm The Fairground The Exbury Egg Punch & Judy & Balloon Modeling Brightwork Tin Can Planting Workshop

Burnley Wharf Ragtag Circus Show & Workshop Canal Critters Workshop Fairground at Insect Circus Floral Fantasies: Headdresses & Crowns

Towpath Explorers Trail Origami Swans Wharf Facepainter Free Waterbus with Canal Cruises

Burnley Alliance Silver Band (SUN ONLY) Wood Burnley Mr & Mrs Flora (SAT ONLY) Canalside Community Centre Weavers’ Triangle Visitor Centre Gate Finsley at Beauty Canal Boats Free Art & Craft Workshops Best Dressed Boat Competition (SUN ONLY) Tea Garden

Thompson Park Boating Lake Mini Railway All information subject to change

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Creating Happiness LOCAL EXHIBITION & WORKSHOPS

An exhibition of art created by people using the EXHIBITION OPEN COLOURA NEW COMMUNITY ART PROJECT AT ELMFIELD HALL, GATTY PARK services of Creative Support Blackburn Social Mon 28, Wed 30 COME AND SHARE YOUR STORIES AND EXPERIMENT WITH TRADITIONAL Inclusion Project working with local artist Cath Ford. November and TECHNIQUES ONCE USED IN THE HALL Fri 2 December BB1 for Life, 72 Northgate, Blackburn 10am– 4pm

Part of the Super Slow Way Community Commissions

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LT lancashiretelegraph.co.uk WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2016 NEWS 3 LT lancashiretelegraph.co.uk SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 2016 NEWS 3 ANNIVERSARY EUROPE FESTIVAL MP voices Invitation his concern to tuk in to for ‘vicious a feast of cycle’ EAST Lancashire Euro-MP Afzal Khan, has warned that growing in Eu- music and rope is playing into the hands of ISIS and other extremist groups who radicalise Mus- movement lims. The Labour vice-chairman of the European Parliament’s OF all the strange modes of Security and Defence Com- transport to take to the streets of mittee was speaking during a East Lancashire, from horse and special conference of the de- traps to quad bikes, there’s not too radicalisation of . many golden tuk-tuks around. He emphasised that radi- So this was the perfect vehicle to calisation was a challenge for promote the new Kinara Festival, everyone and not just a ‘Mus- a heady mix of South Asian music lim’ problem. and movement being staged for the Mr Khan said: “The chal- first time this month. lenge of radicalisation is an Promoted by Super Slow Way, the issue that affects us all. arts initiative based around the “And as such, it requires a Leeds and Liverpool Canal, and HIDDEN common response and com- Burnley’s Love and Etiquette WORLD: mon solution. Foundation, the gathering has Artist “This has never been just already featured a performance by Stephen about Muslims. renowned poet Lemn Sissay. Turner “It is about the whole of our Artists Peter Sanders, Asif Khan inside the European society. and Mojisola Adebayo are in Exbury Egg “The prevailing European conversation at Blackburn narrative at the moment is Library on Friday from 7pm. that of Muslims as outsiders, Khan also performs a one man of Muslims as different. show, Love, Bombs and Apples, “Growing Islamophobia in by playwright Hassan Europe plays into the hands Abdulrazzak at Nelson ACE of ISIS. Centre on Saturday. “We must stop this vicious A panel discussion featuring Eggs-traordinary! cycle.” artists Abid Hussain, Javaad Alipoor, Sonia Sabri and Shazia Ashraf is pencilled in for Unusual studio and poet’s Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre on STUNNING: A golden Friday, July 22, and the indian Tuk Tuk is performance help launch Super following day Burnley Reel used to launch Kinara Slow Way canal celebration Cinema shows Songs Of Festival with festival Lahore, from 6pm. producer Rizwan Iqbal By CHRIS GEE The festival is rounded off by and festival marketing [email protected] a ‘Safar’ or journey, starring officer Zephie Begolo Nizar Rohana from Palestine, entering the spirit. A GIANT egg-shaped art studio, a nation- India’s Rowshanra Moni, Olcay Left, Sonia Sabri, ally renowned poet and a performance Bayir from Turkey, Moroccan who will appear in artist building a ‘ship of hope’ are three Hassan Erraji, Spaniard Calaita Oswaldtwistle and, aspects of an art group’s commemora- Flamenco Son and the UK’s right, poet, playwright tions of 200 years of the Leeds-Liverpool Burdah Ensemble,at Burnley and performer, Avaes canal. Mechanics on Saturday, July 30. Mohammad, who was Yesterday in Burnley, poet Ian McMil- born in Blackburn, led a lan read an excerpt from the libretto he two day workshop has written for Super Slow Way, an arts programme inspired by the country’s most successful long-distance canal. TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENT McMillan’s poem ‘A Rhapsody to the Leeds & Liverpool Canal’ reflects how the waterway, as the lifeblood of the in- dustrial revolution, transformed Black- Council’s burn, Accrington, Burnley, Nelson and Colne. He read the work at an vow over event in Sandygate Mill. Telly and speakers go Later the group unveiled Ste- phen Turner’s Exbury Egg, at Finsley Gate Wharf. taxi permits The egg is a temporary, en- A COUNCIL in East ergy efficient, self-sustaining Lancashire which sparked work space. Poet Ian protests across the north Zephie Begolo, from Super McMillan over its taxi policies has after noise nightmare Slow Way, said: “Working in at the introduced measures collaboration with Burnley launch of to tighten up on future By PETE MAGILL Council bosses swoop after man left neighbours suffering round-the-clock din Wood Community Centre, Ste- the Slow recruitment. [email protected] phen will spend the summer Slow Way Licensing chiefs in conducting personal, environ- and, left, Rossendale came under borough council’s noise noise abatement notice last be heard in the neighbour- “Our Environmental mental, historical and cultural COUNCIL bosses have abatement team also found April, warning him to stop ing property and it went on Health Team has been work- artist fire from authorities in investigations on the site with Anthony Bradford and Rochdale, seized a Nelson man’s big- that the offending house- acting in a disruptive man- for prolonged periods into ing with the neighbours to the people of Burnley Wood. Schrag among others, after it screen TV and speakers af- holder would shout until ner, or face having equip- try and bring about an end “He hopes the project will emerged the borough ter he left neighbours suffer- all hours and encourage his ment removed from his to their ordeal. enable people to share knowl- had nearly 1,900 hackney ing a round-the-clock noise dog to bark. house. “I’m pleased that the mag- edge of the past of the site, to in the district, met community Anthony has worked with carriage permit holders. nightmare. Council lawyers obtained And council chiefs acted istrates agreed that enough explore its present state and to groups and school children and people based art project for 15 A Rossendale Council Residents living in Hali- a warrant from Pennine on that threat. This resident has acted is enough and granted a better inform its future.” introduced himself to stran- years and has just completed a spokesman said: “We fax Road complained to Magistrates Court, under Cllr David Clegg, the coun- with total disregard for warrant to enter the prop- Over in Mill Hill, Blackburn, gers on the street. doctorate in participatory art. are only accepting new Pendle Council after being anti-social behaviour legis- cil’s environmental services erty and remove the equip- Anthony Schrag has started an He said: “I’ll be doing a series “I’m keen to reconfigure a pro- applications from those subjected to loud rock and lation, and seized a large TV spokesman, said: “This resi- his neighbours ment. intermittent 65-day residency of art projects which lead up to ject of mine called the Ship Of who have successfully dance music blaring out of and three sets of speakers dent has acted with total dis- David Clegg “Please let this be a warn- which will culminate in a sum- a community day but hopefully Hope where people randomly completed the basic skills a property there until the from the house. regard for his neighbours, ing to others that we will mer day of celebration and the the work I do will be longer last- build a boat and then we would tests. Renewals will be early hours. Sources say the unnamed making their lives a misery. the early hours of the morn- not tolerate noise nuisance building of a boat. ing than an ephemeral one day see if it would float. I’d like to processed as normal.” An investigation by the man had been issued with a “The noise could clearly ing. in Pendle.” He has visited pubs and clubs thing.” target different communities.”

16 BURNLEY EXPRESS www.burnleyexpress.net Tuesday, August 23, 2016 Tuesday, August 23, 2016 www.burnleyexpress.net BURNLEY EXPRESS 17

Teaching us to reclaim peace through nature

FEATURE

By Laura Longworth [email protected] @longworth_laura

he carpet of lit- ter to Finsley Gate Wharf is shrouded in vegetation. As art- ist Stephen Turner said,T nature is “reclaiming” the area. Perhaps we should too. But instead of seeking to control and transcend nature, Stephen’s work with The Exbury Egg and Super Slow Way is reconnect- ing people to both the area and each other, as well as helping us to find our place beside it as an equal, not a usurper. Artsit Stephen Turner in the boatyard of Finsley Gate Wharf, taken by Samantha Walsh. (s) ECO-FRIENDLY Stephen once lived in this egg, floating along the canal. Now it’s anchored in the old boatyard of Finsley Gate Wharf, set against musty cot- tages and slabs of concrete. But then there is a froth of green: trees and plants spill- ing over. A registered boat, it’s entirely eco-friendly. It has a bed, a shower, a heater and a paraffin stove. Life in this house is governed by nature: having no electric- ity, Stephen woke and slept according to the rolls of the sun. It may have been stripped-back but the man’s talent and foresight are anything but. Pieces of wood drifting along the canal have been melded into a chair; ash from the stove amassed into drawing pastels; acorns Stephen and Purdey Lee Walsh making quills out of feathers, taken by Samantha Walsh. (s) boiled down into ink; and blackberries have been mushed into dye. In fact, the entire egg is made of recycled material. “It’s about,” Stephen said, “getting over the idea of ‘waste.’ When you welcome people and help them to feel Stephen with a Cubs group visiting The Exbury Egg, taken by Samantha Walsh. (s) One of Stephen Turner’s pupils in fishing, taken by Samantha Walsh. (s) like a place is theirs, they start to care about it - and they take responsibility.” he’s been teaching residents the habit of putting people nity Coordinator for Super not geared up to live the way way to slow down and make that often comes with them regrows after fruition - yet 5-30 - 6-30pm: open meeting. to fish - even maggots are es- in “leagues” determined by Slow Way, said: “Residents we do.” things that last”. can lead to obsessions, dis- we limit ourselves by living Monday, 11am: blackberry ONENESS sential. random things we’re born know the site’s history. “We could then invest satisfaction and unhealthy like the fruit is the be-all- pick (meet in the boatyard) Everything is connected, he “We’re on a level with eve- with like wealth, intelligence They’re taking their owner- LESSONS IN MINDFULNESS them with greater meaning. competition. and-end-all. to make jam for an auction believes - and equal too. rything else but the problem and beauty. ship back and setting the Super Slow Way works to After I’d made the ink I began Life is a matter of balance, Nature transcends our raising money for Burnley “There is beauty here,” he is we think we’re above it. We seeds of connection. refresh people’s attitude to writing letters to offer some- taking “the best of the new”, control, presenting uncer- Wood Community Centre. said. “It’s a matter of thinking use and abuse for short-term RESIDENT RECEPTION “And when the fami- fast-paced living. thing personal, a one-off. Stephen said, and mixing it tainty. It teaches us to move Sunday, October 16th: full- positively.” interests but this creates “People have shown they lies were fishing, young- “As a society,” Stephen The time spent gives them “with the best of the old.” with life, not against it; and moon viewing with food and Stephen pointed to more problems.” care about the area and want sters were happy to do it for said, “we want to do every- more presence.” Instant access can boil to see the bigger picture. haiku-writing; binoculars around 20 plastic bags, It’s why he hosted a “na- to pass information on. They hours.” thing quickly, have a short There’s also the benefits up addictions: a need to be “When we connect to it,” provided. Daily, 5 - 6pm: egg which could entangle birds, ture safari” examining the wouldn’t let us cancel our It’s removed from the attention span and make to one’s mental health. The forever admired, in control Stephen said, “we learn to open to the public. on the canal. site’s common wildlife. night-watch despite the bad stereotype of society: people things shallow. instantaneousness of Fa- or front-running. We care enjoy the uncertainty of life - Book on the moth-watch “No other species has the “Life’s not all about weather. hunched over their mobiles; “We have short-term cebook connects strangers about the glossy print, for- it becomes a thrill.” at Burnley Wood Commu- capacity to harm like we do. the rare and the special,” “Traditions could be hours spent surfing the web; thinking but if we took from all walks of life and getting the joy of writing our nity Centre. Spaces are lim- And we do it thoughtlessly”. Stephen added. made here, creating a cycle families eating in separate things more slowly, we’d be technology frees up time stories. EVENTS ited. Believing it vital to under- It’s something we can ap- of connecting.” rooms. able to understand them for passions; but the “more, Nature’s cycles remind us Tomorrow: moth-watch, For more details visit Cubs exploring The Exbury Egg, taken by Samantha Walsh. (s) stand the role of all things, ply to our relationships, to Ruth Shorrock, Commu- As Ruth added, “We’re better. Thinking ahead is a more, more” mind-frame life carries on. It withers and 9pm - midnight; Thursday, www.superslowway.org.uk 34

COLLABORATORS ARTISTS Abid Hussain Claire Shearman Julian Evans Mojisola Adebayo Samantha Walsh Adam Land Claire Welford Julie Fox Morcambe Bay Jazz Band Saqib Choudry Alan Williams Claire Wellesley-Smith Karen Farnhill More Music Sarah Hicks Alia Alzougbi Clare Corfield Karen Mirza Muf Architecture Sarah Yaseen Alwin Reamillo Clark Rundell Karen Turner Nabil Abdulrashid Seal Films Amanda Roocroft Danny Allison Keisha Thompson Nadia Sultana Seven Eyes Amrit Kaur Darius Davies Kerith Ogden Najia Bagi Shamshad Khan Andy Mercer Derek Buckland Knotted Project Naomi Hewitt Simon Woolham Angie Thompson Dhamak Kuljit Bhamra Natasha Glew Sonia Sabri Anna Read Emma Blackburn Laura Jamieson Nic Chapman Stephanie Buick Anthony Schrag Fanna-Fi-Allah Lee Mattinson Nizar Rahana Stephen Turner Artisan Worked Leather Farmeen Akhtar Leila Gamaz Olcay Bayir Steven Brett Asif Khan Faz Shah Lemn Sissay Paul Allen Sue Gibson Avaes Mohammed Folk Dance Remixed Lily La Mer Ltd Paula Wardlaw Sula O'Duffy Avital Raz Grace Scrimgeour Lin James Peer Group Susie Jones Band Abdul Salek Gypsy Carrot Lisa Parry Peter Sanders Suzanne Lacy Axial Dance Company Hafsah Bashir Lizzie Hobbs Poetry Takeaway Suzanne Smith Baxter Rhodes Hannah Land Louai Alhenawi Polly Thomas Switch Open Beatrix Baker Harriet Lawton Louie Ingham Prince Abdi Tez Ilyas Ben Farmer Hassan Erraji Lucy Birbeck Proper Job The Insect Circus Benny Ross Helen Barber Manjula Rachael Elwell Tom Macarte Bethan Lloyd Worthington Ian McMillan Marina Moreno Rachael Gwilliam Urban Playground Blackburn People’s Choir Ian Stephens Mario Popham Rachel Wemyss Verd de Gris BREAD idle women Mark Melville Ragtag Arts Vicki Elliott Brian Gore Institute for Crazy Dancing Mark Wardlaw Reece Williams Wagon Wheels Brighouse & Rastrick Band Jacqui Beckford Martina Mullaney Rimka Walkabout Burnley Alliance Silver Band Jali Nyonkoling Kuyateh Megan Macarte Robert Parr Wendy Meadley Calaita Flamenco Son Javaad Alipoor Michele Selway Ron Penn Werner Ullah Cath Ford Jean McEwan Michelle Luker Rossendale Clog Heritage William Titley Cath Ingham Jeni McConnell Michelle Wren Ruth Holman Yellow Door Artists Cath Tyler Jennifer Reid Millstone Band Ruth Jones Yinka Danmole Charlie Folorunsho Jo Bell Mina Salama Sajeela Kerhi Yussuf M’Abrary Chris Dorning Jonathan Aasgaard Mohammed Hussnain Hanif Sally Greaves-Lord Zaneb Khatun

ORGANISATIONS 52nd St Andrews Burnley Burnley Interfaith Centre CVS Lancashire Women’s Centre South West Burnley Guides Burnley Wood Community Cycle Routes Leeds & Liverpool Historical Partnership Board Accrington and Rossendale Centre DAPA Society Spacious Place College Burnley Youth Theatre Darwen Aldridge Community Lower Darwen Primary School St George’s Scout Group Accrington Library Calico Academy Mill Hill Community Centre St Silas CE Primary School Action Factory Canalside Community Centre Eachstep Care Home Mums2Mums St Stephen’s CE Primary School Ashleigh Primary School Carer’s Link Fraser Street Navigation Mill Hill The Bureau Awaaz Cedars Primary School Free Spiritual Centre Nelson and Colne College The Free Spiritual Centre Barnfield Construction Christ Church Nelson Gannow Community Centre Newground The Jinnah Centre BB1 for Life Circle of Friends Nightsafe The New Neighbour Scheme Blackburn with Darwen Carers’ Civic Arts Centre Hapton Valley Boats PEARL TransDev Trust Community Cohesion Action Hollins Technology College PeerGroup Victoria Park Pavilion Café Blackburn YPS Network Humraz Right Angle Coaching Waterfall Mill Boundary Mill Community Solutions North In-Situ Sacred Harp Shape Note Weavers' Triangle Visitor Brierfield Action in the West Intack Primary School Singers Centre Community Craft and Crumpet King George’s Hall Safe Space Wesley Hall Brierfield Library Creative Support Lancashire Mental Health SLYNCS Young Carers Building Bridges Pendle Culturapedia Service 35

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