Statues Workshop

When protestors in Bristol brought down a monument to slave trader Edward Colston in their city, it sparked a national conversation about the value and purpose of public art in our lives. Given that Overhear is all about giving people the power to write their own narratives onto their spaces, we thought it was the perfect subject for a workshop.

In-house facilitators Adrian B. Earle and Kibriya Mehrban guided participants through a day of discussion and writing exercises over Zoom, supporting people through group talks as well as one-to-one feedback sessions. After a week to edit and record, the result was a cluster of amazing, thoughtful poems pinned to statues and sculptures all over Birmingham and the Black Country.among others.