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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/colliers-moss-common-traces-impr
 essions-and-digressions-with-kerry-morrison/
SUMMARY:Colliers Moss Common: Colliers Moss Common: Traces\, Impressions an
 d Digressions with Kerry Morrison
DESCRIPTION:Artist Kerry Morrison investigates the landscape through drawin
 g in this durational performance.\n\nRegular Heart of Glass contributor\, 
 social-ecological artist Kerry Morrison invites you to join her for a day 
 of performative drawing investigation in the landscape of ‘the Moss’. 
 Kerry\, equipped with scrolls of paper\, charcoal and graphite will walk C
 olliers Moss\, slowly and intently seeking out stories as left through imp
 ressions from the past and traces of the more-than-human.\n\nKerry’s act
 ions\, although performed with intent\, will also be random and directed b
 y her observations\, conversations and people she meets along the way. Ker
 ry welcomes visitors to watch her as she moves through the Moss and draws.
  She also welcomes conversations about the Moss with passers by. Snippets 
 of these conversations might find their way into her drawings.\n\nPeatland
  Walks\n11am - 11.45am and 2pm - 3pm\nGuided by the Peat Restoration group
  and Mersey Forest Ranger Dave McAleavy. We will interact with Kerry Morri
 son’s live performance en route.\n\nAbout the Moss\n\nColliers Moss Comm
 on in St Helens features 130 hectares of developing and developed habitats
  on the spoil and waste heaps of Bold Colliery and Bold Power Station. For
 merly known as Bold Moss\, the site has a fascinating history\, having for
  thousands of years been a raised bog that grew sphagnum moss\, as well as
  heather and cotton grass.\n\nDead\, compacted mossland forms peat and an 
 industry was created in which turf cutters dug long trenches to remove the
  peat. The extracted turf blocks were then built into an array of thousand
 s of pyramids – each measuring between three and twelve feet tall – in
  order for them to dry out. This was required as sphagnum mosses behave li
 ke sponges\, holding an enormous amount of water.\n\nIn between the trench
  rows were tramlines that allowed ponies to pull slatted trams of peat tur
 f to nearby sheds where 'pressing' took place. Once this process had been 
 completed\, the peat was sold as firelighters or animal bedding litter. Th
 is industry largely ended around WW1 and for forty years the site was a fe
 rtile natural habitat for wildlife.\n\nPart of A Sense of Green. In partne
 rship with The Mersey Forest.\n\nWe aim to create safe\, welcoming and acc
 essible spaces for all. If you'd like to discuss your access needs\, pleas
 e get in touch by contacting Heart of Glass via info@heartofglass.org.uk o
 r call Anna on 07529224271.\n\nAccess information for Colliers Moss:\n\nMo
 stly level\, well surfaced paths\n\nAccessible by car and train (nearest s
 tation St Helens Junction - 20 minutes walk) with no parking on site*\n\nP
 lease note there are no toilets on site at Colliers Moss. The nearest toil
 ets are a 15 minute walk away at Derbyshire Hill Family Centre\n\n*For tho
 se with access needs\, please let us know before 23rd September\, and we c
 an arrange for parking on site.
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CATEGORIES:Performance
LOCATION:Colliers Moss Common\, Colliers Moss Common\, Forest Rd\, Bold Hea
 th\, St Helens\, WA9 4AT\, Merseyside\, United Kingdom
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