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Discover an augmented reality treasure hunt throughout Leeds, uncovering spoken word poems by Leeds poets in collaboration with Xabiso Vili.
The project features illustrated portraits mounted throughout the city, which audiences are invited to track down and, using Augmented Reality through your phone, discover music, video and spoken word poetry exploring the poets' relationship to the city, their past and the futures they can imagine for themselves.
Biographies
The World Poetry Slam Champion, a Mail & Guardian top 200 Young South African for 2022 and a Future Africa Grant recipient, Xabiso Vili is a multi-award winning performer, writer, new media artist, producer, digital strategist and social activist. He is the founder and Executive Creative Director of Siziintsomi Creations, a creative incubator company that focuses on the intersection of storytelling, innovative mediums and media and healing. His writings help him explore his inner world to be able to relate to the outer world.
Credits
Commissioned by LEEDS 2023. Supported by the British Council and the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
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