Edgbaston Reservoir Appreciation Walks

A series of explorative 'appreciation walks' of the Edgbaston  reservoir, which looked to offer new literal and metaphorical lenses for looking, and ways to go deeper with our everyday environments.

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Drawing from the senses, environmental psychology and the perspectives and experiences of people in the walking group, together we walked a lap of the reservoir stopping to talk, enquire and unpick.

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During and after the walk, attendees were invited to write and submit Tanka's* on the reservoir, to be installed at their site as part of a community festival. 

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'Edgbaston Reservoir appreciation club cards' were given to all those in attendance as recognition of these unrecognised but highly felt communities we sit within.

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*an extended Haiku, historically used to convey expressions of love, or - appreciation, in this case.