Here without Home
- An Artlandish Community Project
Homelessness is often seen as an urban issue — visible on city streets, under bright lights and busy overpasses. But in smaller towns like Hereford, it takes quieter, more hidden forms. People sleep in doorways, in cars, on friend’s sofas, or simply move through each day without a place to call their own, or they are forced to flee their homes from wars and conflicts and are grateful for refuge, but their heart lies far away and to people who are forced to leave their homes due to domestic violence, to hide
We propose a community art project exploring what “home” means when it’s uncertain, and how local communities respond to the challenges of homelessness in all its forms. We will gather stories from those involved, including support workers, charitable organisations and most importantly the people in our community who are here without a home. Through portraits, poems, music, stories, and collaborative artwork, the project aims to make visible those who are often unseen — not as statistics, but as neighbours, artists, and voices within the fabric of our towns.
By looking closely at Hereford, we reflect on a wider truth about England today: that housing insecurity, poverty, and social disconnection are not distant problems. They are part of our shared landscape — and it is within our smaller places that we can begin to rebuild belonging, compassion, and hope.
We have access to two shops on Gomond street number 4 & 7 (nearly opposite each other) which will allow us to have a gallery/performance space and a project space, this will allow us to have a workshop and a place to experiment with installation, inspiration and imagination, allowing both artists and the GP to interact in a less formal situation.
This project seeks to attract young and old, novice and accomplished, musicians, poet’s, artists of all mediums, filmmakers, story tellers.
The project will run from the Open Evening on Friday the 9th of January until March the 29th.
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