The project is part of a cultural and community engagement programme run by Grow Studios at Alice Billing House, inspired by its history, contemporary context and future potential. It involved creative labs, workshops, walks, reading groups and somatic movement sessions and more and was based in and around Alice Billing House; and outside in the community and streets of Newham.

Drawing inspiration from community-focused forms of storytelling practices, such as somatic sharing circles and community-centered conversations facilitated by Sange (Sandra) Falase; this exploratory sound piece serves as a culmination of this work. The pieces sit against a backdrop of sound compositions by Kayode Gomez

Chloe Filani was artist-in-residence to coincide with PRIDE month and created work delving into 'hemes surrounding Blackness, water, and queer identities with the intersection of location to contemplate the lived experiences of marginalized folk throughout history

Ayebainemi Abieyuwa Ése work focuses on carving out a space to grieve the loss of community/familial bonds whilst offering tools of connection to seek out your own tribe and chosen family. Ayebainemi’s somatic meditation offers a way to ground themselves and allow listeners to come back into the present moment

Yaa Addae hosted sessions to begin to carefully imagine new ways of being together towards personal and collective healing - leaning into how these themes intersect with the local Newham community, as well as their own, if coming from elsewhere.

Marilyn Fountaine looks into how the mark-making of intimate cartographies can be used to map out personal connections and histories as they relate to the local area.

Naz from Newham is inspired by the intimate nature of  archiving family photo albums which repurposes its use to  focus on the  preservation of the people existing in 2020s East London and the memories they hold.

Sylvie Belbouab visited the Renewal Programme initiative in Eastham to engage with the volunteers and staff to hear more about their stories and capture their portrait as they worked.