This is a recording of the Inclosure Award for Volca Common Meadow as read out on the enclosed Common on 31st August 2024. It is in the parish of Stoke Prior near Leominster.
The Award itself runs to 15 parchment sheets of sheepskin, plus a map.
I have attempted to read and write out the text, some words are unclear or damaged.
This reading is an abridged version, missing out the lengthy details of allotments made, but the Award can be viewed at Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre (HARC).
This performance piece is a part of my response for our exhibition Walking the Commons, presented at HARC from 10th September to 31st December 2024 alongside the contributions of all the other participants. I have written a piece about the inclosure of Volca Common Meadow in our Exhibition zine.
I am a folklorist investigating our place in the world through creative and participatory practices. As an artist maker with a textile sensibility, I craft engagements, events, workshops and year long projects. I have a BA(Hons) Fine Art and MA in Contemporary Dialogues. I am currently writing up the thesis of my research investigating rural place in Herefordshire (UK) with its community through its folkloric heritage and landscapes of common land. I live in Herefordshire and study at Manchester Metropolitan University. I am Australian born to British parents and have lived in both countryside and cities of Britain. Rural conversations and fieldwork with my art collective 'Fold' supports and inspires my thinking. My art practice, Volka Arts, is named after my recent investigation into the now enclosed Volca Common Meadow, a short distance from my home. j.morris@volka-arts.org
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