Blanc Sceol with Peter Doran, Kathy Dunphy and Jimbo Crossan
This two-hour sound walk and sharing circle explores the sensory, mythic, ecological and political dimensions of the waters around Belfast, through the lens of the Rights of Nature movement and newly formed River Rights UK network.
Starting point: Ormeau Library.
Ending point: The Lock Keepers Inn.
Guided by listening and sound, the walk will create a space to accept and grieve the polluted realities of our waterways and share gestures to offer our intentions for change, sensing and expanding the connections between our own inner waters and the aquatic flows of the planet. Peter, Kathy and Jimbo will bring story, song and poetry to guide us into an awareness of Lough Neagh to the west and the Irish Sea to the east, situating us within the watery layers of the terrain and inviting us to contemplate our own attunements to water.
The walk is developed and facilitated by artists Blanc Sceol (Stephen Shiell & Hannah White) in collaboration with academic and activist Peter Doran (Queen’s University Belfast) and activist & musician Kathy Dunphy (Eco Unesco), and with participation from local story teller Jimbo Crossan.
We will follow the path of the River Lagan upstream from Ormeau Bridge to the Lock Keeper’s Inn in Belvoir Park Forest.
The walk will also be live streamed for remote listening (link will be available week prior to festival)
