A series of creative workshops exploring personal and collective memory at Fort Cumberland, part of the 'Placed in a Fortress City' project.
Fort Cumberland hosts a creative workshop this Saturday 26 September, part of a wider project called Placed in a Fortress City: Memory & Making of Belonging. It's run by the University of Portsmouth's Centre of Excellence for Heritage Innovation (CoE-HI), with lead artists Evagelia Hagikalfa and Thaïs Verhasselt on the day.
The session is one of a series of workshops exploring personal and collective memory, and it's all about how we relate to Portsmouth and its historic fortifications. The project looks at sites like the Hilsea Lines and Old Portsmouth, gathering people's stories and voices into cyanotypes, photographs, maps, collages and written accounts. Those contributions eventually find their way into an exhibition at the Reflectory Room in the Eldon Building on Middle Street.
CoE-HI itself took over from the city's Heritage Hub and works on new ways to identify, interpret and preserve both tangible and intangible heritage through co-creation and participatory practices, drawing on creative and digital methods. The whole thing is part of Portsmouth 100, the celebration of a century of the city's city status.
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As for the venue, Fort Cumberland is a nearly 300-year-old scheduled monument and the best-preserved fort of its type in England. The workshop runs from 11:00am and lasts around three hours, with everyone meeting at the entrance. It's a free session, but booking is essential because you need to register to get into the Fort. If you're interested, get your name down early.
