Legion Projects

LEGION PROJECTS is a contemporary arts organisation. We commission projects by artists that take shape as exhibitions, events and publications.

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Subscribe to our brand new podcast series about British Folk Cultures! A new series of specially commissioned listening works by @benedictdrew & #ArianneChurchman @PaulKindersley @The_Oxy_Lady #VerityBirt & @UnaOsLonson @fourthland 
#HerMothertheMountain & #MatthewRobertHughes

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@blocprojects #deepengland #pastoralism #creswellcrags #caves #prehistory #rockart #witchmarks #landscape #giantsofalbion #williamblake #englishness #albion #folklore #archaeology #paleontology #excavation #archives #zakiasewell #myalbion #angharadjones #crone #art #soundart #soundwalk

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Ep. 3 is out! Artists Verity Birt and Una Hamilton Helle search for Deep England - delving into our subterranean past, singing to the spirit of place w. CRONE & talking mystical landscapes & prehistory w. DJ/writer @zakiasewell & paleontologist @CreswellCrags Angharad Jones

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This is the latest episode in Legion Projects’ podcast series ‘Ploughing Old Patterns, Raising New Grounds’. This episode is co-commissioned by @blocprojects

LISTEN HERE: https://t.co/7AGC1Z8pNp

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….Together they help them broaden the pastoral picture.

Listen at https://t.co/KjCUib0I2P

Commissioned by @Legion_TV & @blocprojects

#deepengland #pastoralism #jerusalem #williamblake #englishness #art #albion #folklore #geography #landscape #archaeology #excavation

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Beneath Clouded Hills, Ep 2 - listen now! Artists Verity Birt & Una Hamilton Helle are on the search for Deep England, asking what the term means and where to find it? They speak to geographer David Gilbert, artists Nastassja Simensky & Rebecca Lee + musicians NYX & Gazelle Twin

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@DanielAndClara @the_stone_club @LallyMacBeth @apollolaan Yes please!

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Listen and subscribe for future (and past) episodes: https://t.co/KjCUib0I2P

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New episode out of our Ploughing Old Patterns, Raising New Ground series is out today!

A three-part podcast series, Beneath Clouded Hills sees artists Verity Birt and Una Hamilton Helle on the search for Deep England, asking what the term means and where to find it?

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...about how to reclaim a sense of Englishness; the imperial origins of folklore collecting and the power of music to re-story and bring to light previously hidden experiences. #deepengland #landscape #jerusalem #williamblake #englishness #albion #folklore #folkmusic

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To help them on their journey they speak to artists, musicians and academics whose research and practices broaden the pastoral picture. In this episode we hear from proto-rock band Parish, folklorist Matthew Cheeseman and folk musician Angeline Morrison....

[Paul Kindersley @PaulKindersley]

An illustrated script, initially commissioned as a radio play by @Legion_TV based loosely on the folk tale of the Green Children of Woolpit. Hardcover edition of 500 with the first 50 signed and numbered. 48 pages and illustrated - £25 exP&P https://t.co/xOuLHe4Vwb

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'The Weaving of Dragons' by Fourthland is now out!

This is the last of the guided journeys we do with @fourthland into our collective psyches. Listen to this & other audio commissions in our 'Ploughing Old Patterns, Raising New Ground' series here: https://t.co/04MQsdNp2m

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A new sound offering from @fourthland is out! The Eye of the Wind is a journey that guides the space between our inner & outer callings into a deeply imaginative and meditative space. Listen through all major podcast providers, search Ploughing Old Patterns, Raising New Ground

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New podcast episode out! The Old Doors and the Golden Horn is the 1st of 4 meditative sound journeys by @fourthland into the folk psyche, developed over 10yrs of their socially engaged practice. A mythic cycle of transformation. Carve out a sacred space of yr own to listen ✨

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New podcast episode v soon but while we wait, here are some field images by #OxArt @The_Oxy_Lady whose ep. ‘The Avebury Enigma’ is still available to listen to. Happy Day!✨
#PloughingOldPatternsRaisingNewGround
#childrenofthestones #stonehunting #stoneclub #avebury #silburyhill

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The research that came out of this exhibition, on the leaky and porous potentiality of #DeepEngland, will turn into a podcast for our 'Ploughing Old Patterns, Raising New Ground’ season - subscribe through all major podcast providers to get updates on future commissions!

[Úna Hamilton Helle @UnaOsLondon]

Some install shots of 'Beneath Clouded Hills', our exhibition which transforms @blocprojects into a dark netherworld of breathing, seeing, squinting and singing - open till Sat!📸: @juleslister_ #DeepEngland

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Available through all major podcast providers - see https://t.co/Qov68oaUnn for links🌾

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A new episode of 'Ploughing Old Patterns, Raising New Ground' is out! 'The Avebury Enigma’ is a podcast by Ox Art (@The_Oxy_Lady & Rob MacPherson) that looks at - you guessed it - the power and draw of Avebury! Feat. @LallyMacBeth @the_stone_club #monicasjoo #childrenofthestones

[Úna Hamilton Helle @UnaOsLondon]

We made some t-shirts for our show @blocprojects 🌀✨

Summoning Albion, the text is designed in William Blake's handwriting & is a quote from his visionary work Jerusalem.

Sales go to match funding & @WoodlandTrust

https://t.co/II6myhYsok #DeepEngland #Albion #WilliamBlake

[Úna Hamilton Helle @UnaOsLondon]

Join us @blocprojects in Sheffield tomorrow to dig further into #deepEngland