Jess Allen

Performance artist & aerialist w academic tendencies (& 2 PhDs) • @hedgesprite for #rural #sociallyengaged #durational #1:1 #walkingart • @awyrol for #aerial

[Jess Allen @hedgesprite]

@LevantesDance @FullTiltAerial @JSquared_Dance @FlyingFantastic @Rowan_Fae aww you guys... i just remembered you also met & chatted at our wedding! xx

[Hiraeth Film 🎥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @HiraethFilm]

The wall has now been repainted! Some good friends of Hiraeth have been up all night working tirelessly to fix it. Would you like to hear their story as part of the documentary? They are now just as much a part of Capel Celyn’s history #CofiwchDryweryn

[Jess Allen @hedgesprite]

@susanpoet @aberystwytharts @mfrancispoet I was so VERY sorry to miss this Susan (overwhelmed with the tidal wave of life at the moment!) but my wonderful emissary (aka @richardgott!) brought back glad tidings of a wonderful evening... xx

[Jess Allen @hedgesprite]

Returning to Aberystwyth (& everyday life) from Ipswich (& the amazing thing that was @SPILL_Festival) & only just catching up with social media... this lovely pic from a SPILL volunteer Kathryn who supported the 10 mile journey of #dropintheocean day 2 last Fri. THANK YOU!

[Kathryn_Kirton @KathrynKirton]

Another brilliant day volunteering with @SPILL_Festival, today experiencing @hedgesprite's walking performance Drop In The Ocean... well worth the sore feet!

[Jess Allen @hedgesprite]

@KathrynKirton @SPILL_Festival Huge heartfelt thanks to you Kathryn for you hard work, hard walking and huge support - it's a challenge to be both present & discreet - you did this brilliantly. I could not have done the work/walk without you & the other volunteers!

[Jess Allen @hedgesprite]

A wishing cairn on Ipswich waterfront trickles out into the Orwell water last night placed after the applause for the final Clarion Call... Yesterday's final #dropintheocean walk was a lot… https://t.co/F0T2xdelli

[Jess Allen @hedgesprite]

Sunshine, shadows & two intrepid volunteers accompanied me on yesterday's epic #dropintheocean walk day 2 of 3 for spill_festival 10 miles of encounters & wishing around Ispwich… https://t.co/UdxFQRvpSP

[Jess Allen @hedgesprite]

Well, well (wishing), well... what a wonderful first day of walking & wishing & water in circles. Beautiful Ipswich... I even had one wonderfully unexpected conversation yn Gymraeg (in… https://t.co/MYvt0g5v6D

[Jess Allen @hedgesprite]

Just add water... #SPILL2018 #SPILLfestival #Ipswich #dropintheocean @ La Tour Cycle Cafe https://t.co/C6mRPa5grG

[Jess Allen @hedgesprite]

Walking performance Drop in the Ocean starts today in Ispwich for spill_festival 11-5 Thurs-Sat. Look out for yoke & buckets, waterproofs & walking boots. Let your curiosity run wild &… https://t.co/FdeS4EDMw5

[Jess Allen @hedgesprite]

Good morning #ipswich! Recceing the routes for #dropintheocean at spill_festival which start tomorrow. Enjoying being yoke-less til then! https://t.co/3iH11422up

[Jess Allen @hedgesprite]

Diolch @theatrbydbychan exciting & scary! xxx

[Jess Allen @hedgesprite]

Surprisingly prescient message for a walking artist who facilitates random encounters w strangers in public space... On the train to Ispwich to perform #dropintheocean at spill_festival.… https://t.co/5rlgtCIOnM

[SPILL Festival @SPILL_Festival]

This year we’ve programmed a bumper crop of events, and we expect the festival to be busy. With only 4 days to the launch of SPILL, now is totes time to book for those things you want to come to. 

Do so via our website https://t.co/4Io7JYtcRz, or by calling 01473 295 900.

[Jess Allen @hedgesprite]

Again, a lovely invitation to be featured artist this month

[Jess Allen @hedgesprite]

Walking art. Stamping art. Slow preparations continue for #dropintheocean spill_festival https://t.co/80XkReQCKV

[Jess Allen @hedgesprite]

Geology lesson? No. Art. Curious bit of #dropintheocean planning for spill_festival 22 days til donning the yoke & buckets #walkingart #walkingwomen #onetooneperformance #ecoart #ecoactivism https://t.co/oMXQdLsrlk

[Talkingwalking10 @talkwalk10]

#WalkingWomen @vivcorringham @maggieoneill9 @ClareQualmann @AmySharrocks @JuliaBradbury @LucyFurLeaps @fosta5 @hedgesprite @DanRavenEllison @RobGMacfarlane @RGS_IBG

[Jess Allen @hedgesprite]

Aberystwythians - go go go to this - you are in for a huge treat. Beautiful tender wise warm funny honest performance. And the cake! The cake!

[Emergence @emergenceuk]

Saying Grace Thursday 4th October. Reflections on rites of passage, the role of art in a changing world, the Welsh Coastal Path with Ian Dury, Sachertorte, Macbeth, Oskar's Drum, Suzi Gablik and the The Holy Grail to keep us company @aberystwytharts https://t.co/FCyxKQtQBf

[Creative Cardigan @CreativeCardi]

Join this year's Parade on 7 December - giant lantern structures as well as hundreds of smaller lanterns making a spectacular procession in Cardigan! @BigLotteryWales @groundworkuk https://t.co/yY7kpVmG1H #GBHSCARDIGAN @visitwales #findyourepic