JESKYNS is a new landscape being created by the Forestry Commission on the edge of Cobham village, Kent.

Red Earth worked with students from Meopham and Thamesview secondary schools to create a performance event celebrating the new landscape and the beginning of a new relationship between local communities and the wildlife that will be encouraged to return to the land. The event ‘unveiled’ a new sculpture installation by Walter Bailey.

A ceremonial procession created and performed by artists and students across open land, involving music, song, performance and the burying of two time capsules containing artifacts symbols of students’ lives, personalised motifs representing who we are in the 21st century.

BOUNDARY marked, amplified and underlined the future promise Jeskyns holds for local people, instilling in all those involved a sense of ownership, responsibility and respect for their landscape.

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