Terminalia Festival of Psychogeography Tues 23 Feb. Free events and
walks. Leeds & Beyond
http://terminaliafestival.org/
Tuesday 23 Feb is Terminalia, the feast day of Terminus, Roman god of
boundaries and landmarks. If ever there was a feast day for
Psychogeography, this would be it! Tim Waters and members from the
Leeds Psychogeography have been doing a walk around the the centre of
Leeds visiting the medieval boundary stones (or bars, e.g East Bar)
since 2011 and this year there are a few extra events during the day.
3pm Terminalia Turbo Derive
6.30pm Beating the Bounds walk
More information on these events go to http://terminaliafestival.org/events.html
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3pm "Terminalia Turbo Derive"
Sound artist Phill Harding is leading a silent walk of rapid passage
and high velocity through central Leeds following a dynamic
algorithmically derived route. Free. Booking is essential for this
walk with more details and booking details to be posted on the
website.
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6pm for a 6:30pm departure: "Beating the Bounds - Circular walk around
medieval boundary of Leeds"
Meeting at The North Bar Pub, North Street, then around the city.
Free. Optional sign up (for updates)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/terminalia-beating-the-bounds-walk-tickets-21135403561
We will be walking in an clockwise direction around the city, visiting
the ancient boundary stone markers that defined the medieval
boundaries of the city. Traditionally, feasting and sacrifices were
performed during Terminalia at boundary markers, and we will do the
same with things like poetry, cake, flowers or a drink! The boundary
markers around Leeds are called bars (gates, possibly that barred off
an entrance) and mark the borders where the city ended and the
countryside began. Most are recorded and some still exist.
Simon Bradley: Displacement Activity
A special Displacement Activities intervention involving the group
participating in a sonic boundary ritual will occur at some
undisclosed part of the walk.
Performances
Anzir Boodoo will perform a traditional Roman blessing at the city's
transport termini. The walk may also visit the new glittering southern
entrance to the railway station where an invocation to a Roman river
god may be enacted as we stand over the water.
Mapping the intangible.
This year our walk will include the opportunity to contribute to a new
map of the city which will endeavour to contain some of our thoughts,
feelings, memories and insights about the experience of Leeds. Liz
Cable, Senior Lecturer in Digital Narratives at Leeds Trinity
University will collate and curate your responses to the prompts of
the city, and your experience of the Festival: photographs, doodles,
memories, prose, poetry, sounds, commentary. What memories do we leave
behind as as we walk into the new year. What wishes do we have for
this city? Our collection will be mapped onto the city using augmented
reality and available for download and re-experience as a mobile app.
Bring yourselves, sticks, warm clothes and to share: some cake, drinks
and flowers!
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Edge Hill University Symposium
Independently organised of these walks in Leeds, but on the same day
and about psychogeography is a symposium at 6pm at Edge Hill
University which some members may be interested in. This symposium
explores the concept of psychogeography, the practice of attentive
walking used by a diverse range of writers, activists, artists and
performers. With talks by Dr Andrea Capstick, Morag Rose, and Phil
Smith.
For more details and to sign up to the symposium please vist the
Symposium's events page
https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/events/2016/02/23/symposia-taking-streets-empowering-interactions-urban-environment
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I hope you have a Terminalia! Any questions, please feel free to email
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