Ghost by Adam Chodzko
You are invited to take a journey on Ghost along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. Ghost is a specially built wooden kayak created by artist Adam Chodzko who will paddle one passenger at a time on a quiet, meditative journey on the water.
Ghost is a multi-sensory experience, giving the feeling of being suspended in a shell floating in water, as paddler and passenger experience the journey in silence. A camera mounted on Ghost‘s deck records each unique voyage from the passengers’ point of view, to create a dream-like film which will be available online and at an event in Hyndburn in the autumn.
As well as a passenger from the local community, Ghost also carries a cargo of shuttles from local mills, in homage to the canal’s original purpose of ferrying raw cotton and finished fabric in its heyday. Ghost’s shape echoes that of the wooden shuttle and recreates its journey back and forth across the loom, weaving a digital trace on film.
First exhibited in the Whitstable Biennale in 2010, Ghost has taken hundreds
of passengers over the years, from a great range of communities along various waterways across the country, including the Medway, Tamar, Tyne and Thames, many of whom have never travelled on water before their journey in Ghost.
Journeys will take place between the 6th – 11th August and 30th August – 4th September.
Meeting point: Canal towpath entrance next to Bridge 114b, Clayton-le-Moors. You can access the towpath on either side of the bridge on Whalley New Road and Victoria Street.
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- All journeys are FREE of charge and will last no longer than 40 minutes.
- All journeys will start and finish at the same point.
- Buoyancy aids are provided.
- Passengers must be aged 18 and over.
- The journey does not require any paddling but passengers need to be mobile enough to step into and out of the kayak at the canal side.
- Passengers do not need to be able to swim for this activity but need to feel comfortable being a passenger on water.
To book your journey please visit www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ghost-voyages-prebook-slots-tickets-942107959267?aff=oddtdtcreator
