Mona and the Moths: Corn Dolly Pub, Wapping, January 2023

Описание: On a dark, rainy January evening, people gather inside the Corn Dolly pub, the beating heart of Bradford’s lost Wapping community. From here, the film follows them on a guided tour through an overgrown landscape tracing the footprints of streets that no longer exist. The derelict Wapping Rd School stands silent, a haunting reminder of a neighbourhood slowly reclaimed by nature.

Crossing the busy A650, the walk brings participants into touch with hidden stories, memories, and the echoes of lives once lived here. Back in the packed pub, Naseem shares her family story. Mona’s voice fills the room as a single soft textile sculpture, UV‑sensitive dyes, and archaeological patterns respond to visitors, connecting past and present.

This film of memory, storytelling, and community brings the vanished streets of Wapping and the people who lived there briefly back to life against the backdrop of the artist‑led OUR TURN visual arts festival.