'BACKYARD — Reflections of Home & Belonging' is a story collecting project exploring the importance of oral history within London’s Afro-Caribbean community.
The archive takes the form of an audio portrait of a people, place and time — featuring a variety voices and perspectives from the heart of London’s East End.
This is an Off The Wall Players & Cultivaters project.
Commissioned and produced by Nomad Projects.
Supported by Tower Hamlets.
IMAGES COURTESY TOWER HAMLETS LOCAL HISTORY LIBRARY & ARCHIVES.
Off The Wall Players is an emerging performance arts collective based in Shoreditch, London.
The company commission and make participatory work, exploring themes of culture, inclusion and community cohesion in contemporary Britain.
Under the banner of Cultivaters, Lucia Scazzocchio has been developing hyperlocal audio documentaries celebrating diverse communities.
Scazzocchio's work takes the form of online ‘social broadcasts’, providing an accessible platform where everyday stories and narratives can be told and heard.
Nomad Projects is an independent commissioning foundation that provides support for contemporary artists to develop socially relevant work within the public realm. This is achieved through cross-disciplinary collaboration, experimentation and action-based research.
