Ark floats into Brierfield on Leeds and Liverpool Canal

Pendle residents had a chance to board The Ark when it floated into Brierfield on the canal last week.

The floating sculpture and cinema is a wooden terraced house on a boat, cut with beautiful Islamic art designs – and has a living meadow on the roof!

Creative collaborator, Paul Hartley of In-Situ arts organisation is pictured on Leeds Liverpool Canal in Brierfield with The Ark.placeholder image
Creative collaborator, Paul Hartley of In-Situ arts organisation is pictured on Leeds Liverpool Canal in Brierfield with The Ark.

It moored under Brierfield Mill near the bridge close to the grassed area on Clitheroe Road, where Pennine Lancashire-themed films were shown over three days. There was also a talk on Brierfield Mills and a chance to take part in Talkaoke, where Brierfield’s In-Situ arts organisation asked people’s opinions about the town in a pop-up talk show.

on board: Creative collaboorator Paul Hartley of Insitu at The Ark.

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