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Zakiya Mackenzie, Tiitu Takalo & We Live Here

On Our Doorsteps

Monday 13 May – Sunday 9 June

This is a past event which has now ended.

Explore a wilderness in the city. Bristol based writer Zakiya Mackenzie and Finnish graphic novelist Tiitu Takalo unearth the stories of those who love Sweet Briar Marshes in a series of newly commissioned billboard artworks, but you’ll need to get out there to find them!

Created in collaboration with local people and Norfolk Wildlife Trust, On Our Doorsteps is part of a nationwide project exploring the relationship between urban communities and the green spaces around us.

Read Tiitu Tikalo & Tim Harrison In Conversation

Access information: Audio descriptions (and accompanying transcripts) for each of the six artworks are linked below. If you download the React Accessibility app, you will also be able to access these links on-site, directing you specifically to the artwork that is in front of you.

We have worked in partnership with React Accessibility, Inclusive Norwich, the artists and SOUNDYARD to make this possible.

After 10 June 2024, the artworks will move on to their next stop at Freedom Festival in Hull.

Important information

Tickets: This is a non-ticketed event

On Our Doorsteps, A Norfolk & Norwich Festival Premiere is produced by We Live Here, in partnership with Norfolk & Norwich Festival and in collaboration with Norfolk Wildlife Trust.

On Our Doorsteps is supported by the Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland.

 

 

Image: We Live Here © Lily Monsey

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