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Journey through the Deep Time of the chalk cliffs at their closest point across the Channel. The Chalk Path is a bilingual audio walk through Folkestone Warren and Cap Blanc-Nez. You are invited to walk down through deep time; reflect on the past and reimagine the future; and consider the enormity of time and it’s relationship to our own human existence and impact. You can experience the walk independently (for free) at any time during the festival. You’ll need to collect a map from Kollectiv or the Urban Room and download the audio using the QR codes. Don’t forget your headphones! On Saturday 21st September we meet the Autumn Equinox with an artist-led journey on two halves of the same land, at two edges of the same day.
Join us for this special occasion where Alison Neighbour and Élodie Merland will lead a ceremonial version of the walk for a small group to make the journey together at sunrise in England and sunset in France, followed by refreshments and discussion on the beach. Starting at Folkestone’s East Cliff at 6.30am, we witness the sunrise together before descending through the chalk cliffs to meet the sea. After a breakfast picnic in the Warren, you might wish to cross the channel to France to complete the journey with us in the evening, setting off from Cap Blanc Nez at 6pm and ending with a sunset ritual and gathering on the beach looking back the way we have come and forwards to the future.
Alison Neighbour works across scenography, performance, illustration and installation. Her practice is influenced by our relationship to the natural world and she invites audiences into imaginative journeys through material, place, and time within the natural environment. Participation and the embodied relationship of the audience/viewer are at the heart of her work.
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