Secret City Arts works with adults, children and communities. We make a creative response to secret wild green spaces, living stories and hidden history in the urban world.
Recent Project Update: On This Ground
Our HLF project in and around Woodview, Edgbaston, is revealing a rich medley of hidden histories and stories.
Finding out about the suffragettes who lived in Edgbaston
A wonderful session exploring at the Archive
More detail about On This Ground on our project page here
Roots and Seeds:
We have just completed our current project Roots and Seeds funded by BCC Next Generation Fund. One of the many fantastic outcomes was this film created in collaboration with Martin MacNally of Reel Access and Marc Reck of Reckorder.
Roots & Seeds from Secret City on Vimeo.
You can follow our journey from Celebrating Sanctuary, to Hodge Hill, to the The Lickey Hills and back to a grand performance at Tame Valley school on our Roots and Seeds page
Roots and Seeds: tree memories written on paper leaves, Celebrating Sanctuary at Mac 16th June 2012
Bull Ring Markets
We’ve just completed our project taking inspiration from the Bull Ring Markets - working with three community groups to create textiles, audio, songs, performance and Art on Your Shopping List. Find out more about this rich, multi-layered project here.
The Secret Life of Birds
There’s been a fabulous response to our recent project, The Secret Life of Birds. Over 250 people took part in our creative activities on the Arts Bus, perched for 7 days in different spots around the city, with funding from Birmingham City Council. Visit our project pages for more information.
Making a swan puppet at Welsh House Farm
Secret writing in origami birds, Plantsbrook Nature Reserve
Walls and Water – The Final Cut
In February 2011 The Secret City Team investigated and made a creative response to The Walls and Water of Brindley Place as part of the Culture on Your Doorstep programme.
This is the final cut of the living story and sound work curated by Pyn Stockman and edited by Marc Reck. With original music by Rich Batsford.
Walls & Water Soundtrack by Secret City
You can also see the animation and explore some of the original stories and writing by visiting our project page.
Banner Art work by Claire Evans