Friday 6th June 5.30-7.30pm
Hosted by Sculpture in the City Artistic Director & Lacuna Founding Director, Stella Ioannou, with SITC 13th edition Artist Maya Rose Edwards.
Curated and Produced by Lacuna
All photos Courtesy of EC BID © Mickey LF Lee
Guests joined Sculpture in the City artist, Maya Rose Edwards, for a free cocktail & creative workshop to celebrate Pride month.
Reflecting on participatory sculpture ‘Kissing Gate’ currently sited at Aldgate Square as part of Sculpture in the City’s 13th edition, as a space of romantic exchange between strangers, artist Maya Rose Edwards led a creative workshop inviting participants to reflect on traditions and the role of everyday rituals in public space.
In this free workshop, participants enjoyed a complimentary themed cocktail and were guided by Maya to create their own folded puzzle purse, an intricate and anonymous paper message. Highly decorated with covert messages of affection, these purses traditionally contain a small token of devotion for a loved one, often in the forms of an inscribed coin.
Participants received a copper coin and the tools to stamp a word or initial into its surface as per the tradition. The token was then hidden inside the puzzle purse and guests were encouraged to offer their love tokens back to the city as a romantic gesture to an unbeknownst stranger, prompting an unexpected connection and reignition of tradition of exchange between people and place.
The Sculpture in the City 13th Edition event programme is supported by Activations & Promotions Partner, Eastern City BID – the Business Improvement District for the Eastern City.
