Posts in Audio
Where Are the Trees? Where Are the Birds? - Raphael Daden
Where Are the Trees? Where Are the Birds? - Raphael Daden

Urban Wilderness CIC commissioned sculptor Raphael Daden to create a Sky Works canopy installation in Longton, combining light and birdsong to explore the absence of nature in the town centre and reimagine the public realm after dark.

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2024, Artist Development, Audio, Collaboration, Community-led, Community Engagement, Exhibition, Installation, Outdoor Arts, Placemaking, Public Art, Sculpture, Socially Engaged ArtJenny HarperRaphael Daden, Sky Works, Where Are the Trees Where Are the Birds, Longton, Public Art, Light Installation, Sound Art, Urban Wilderness CIC, Moony Club, Placemaking, Town Centre Regeneration, Biodiversity, Wilder Connections, Keele University, Stoke Creates, CASCADE Funding, Evening Economy, Community Volunteers
Wilder Connections
Wilder Connections

A community biodiversity project in Longton combining nature walks, creative workshops and citizen science, supported by Keele University and featuring Dawn Chorus by Leanne Cunningham.

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2023, Academic Partnership, Audio, Collaboration, Community Engagement, Consultation, Placemaking, Public Art, Research & Development, Socially Engaged ArtJenny HarperBiodiversity, Climate, Wellbeing, Sustainability, Outdoor Arts, Citizen Science, Nature Recovery, Urban Ecology, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Placemaking, Cultural Action Zone, CASCADE, Dawn Chorus, Leanne Cunningham, Creative Ecology
Participatory Storytelling for Nature Recovery
Participatory Storytelling for Nature Recovery

Urban Wilderness CIC collaborated with Keele University and Natural England to explore how participatory storytelling can deepen community connection to sensitive natural landscapes. A fieldwork encounter at Wybunbury Moss revealed how creativity helps young people build meaningful relationships with place.

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2022, Research & Development, Audio, Collaboration, Community-led, Film, Workshop, Academic PartnershipJenny HarperParticipatory Storytelling, Nature Recovery, Natural England, Keele University, Environmental Humanities, Creative Engagement, Community Connection, Wybunbury Moss, Young People, Arts-Based Research, Environmental Change
Our Youth Grows in a Wasteland – Potboiler Theatre
Our Youth Grows in a Wasteland – Potboiler Theatre

Our Youth Grows in a Wasteland is an audio drama project by Potboiler Theatre exploring young people’s experiences of being outdoors in Stoke-on-Trent. Through collected stories, audio plays, and a verbatim account of the city’s first Black Lives Matter protest, the work amplifies youth voices and local activism within Hanley Park.

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2020, Artist Development, Collaboration, Community-led, Outdoor Arts, Performance, Public Art, AudioJenny HarperYoung People, Black Lives Matter, Activism, Community-led, Youth Voice, Wellbeing, Safety, Urban Parks, Hanley Park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Audio drama