About this event
Join us for Play and Place the second of a series of free walks in relation to Making Space, a multi-sited commission by London-based artist Jessie Brennan for the Royal Docks in Newham.
This walk, led by writer and designer, Inua Ellams will be a three-hour journey through the northern areas of the Royal Docks. Ellams will engage participants in site-specific literary responses to Jessie Brennan’s artworks, Go the Distance, Custom House Is Our House and Take Your Place which will give you the opportunity to delve deeper into Brennan’s process of enquiry and collaboration with community groups in the Royal Docks. Ellams will use these as prompts for creative workshops, ice breakers and games drawing upon relationship building and the essence of play and place.
All walks will later be made available as self-guided walks through a series of downloadable podcasts and printable maps as a lasting legacy of the project.
All Making Space walks will take place in person in the Royal Docks, Newham. COVID-19 social distancing and guidance will apply.
Making Space and the associated walks programme has been curated by UP Projects and commissioned by the Royal Docks Team.
About Inua Ellams
Born in Nigeria, Inua Ellams is a poet, playwright, performer, graphic artist and designer. He is a Complete Works poet alumni and facilitates workshops in creative writing where he explores reoccurring themes in his work - Identity, Displacement and Destiny - in accessible, enjoyable ways for participants of all ages and backgrounds. His awards include: Edinburgh Fringe First Award 2009, The Liberty Human Rights Award, The Live Canon International Poetry Prize, The Kent & Sussex Poetry Competition, Magma Poetry Competition, Winchester Poetry Prize, A Black British Theatre Award and The Hay Festival Medal for Poetry.
He has been commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, National Theatre, Tate Modern, Louis Vuitton, BBC Radio & Television. His poetry books include ‘Candy Coated Unicorn and Converse All Stars’ published Flipped Eye, 'The Wire-Headed Heathen' by Akashic Books, The Half God of Rainfall by 4th Estate and The Actual by Penned in The Margins. His plays include ‘Black T-shirt Collection’, ‘The 14th Tale’, ‘Barber Shop Chronicles’ and ‘Three Sisters’ published by Oberon. He founded The Midnight Run (an arts-filled, night-time, urban walking experience.) The Rhythm and Poetry Party (The R.A.P Party) which celebrates poetry & hip hop, and Poetry + Film / Hack (P+F/H) which celebrates Poetry & Film.