The Grange Festival - Future Visions 2021Project Designer and workshop/filming facilitatorLearning@TheGrange, in collaboration with WWF, has given a voice to nearly 250 young people aged seven to 23 years, to express their hopes for a sustainable future. Through interactive workshops guided by exceptional creative professionals, groups from ten schools and educational institutions discussed and debated different global landscapes from the Amazon Rainforest to our Ancient Woodlands here in the UK. They examined WWF’s scientific truths, explored the steps that countries and individuals need to take to drive transformative change and developed a vision for the future.
In responding, they were encouraged to dig deep into their imaginations. They wrote text, composed music and choreographed dance to represent how they want life to be on our living planet. Their songs were filmed and illustrated with WWF footage.
These films are intended to be shown at a number of global conferences, including COP26 in November, to drive conversations about how to sustain life on Earth.
All 9 Future Visions Films can be found here:https://thegrangefestival.co.uk/learning-at-the-grange/future-visions/
PARTICIPANTS & INSPIRATION
John Barber (composer) and Hazel Gould (Director) led Preston Candover Primary School (urban nature in our cities), The Vyne Secondary School in Basingstoke (the unique ecosystem in the Arctic) and Hampshire County Youth Choir (fresh water wetlands).
Jessica Maryon Davies (composer) and Karen Gillingham (Director) led Everest Community Academy (the vast grasslands of the African Masai Mara), Perins School (fast fashion pollution along the Mekong River) and University of Winchester undergraduates (concrete urban life).
Pete Letanka (Composer) and Robert Gildon (Director) ed Cheriton Primary School (the rich biodiversity in the Amazon Rainforest) and Cranbourne Secondary School GCSE students (our unique and irreplaceable Ancient Woodlands in the UK).
In addition, leading British composer Jonathan Dove led instrumentalists from Hampshire County Youth Orchestra to compose an orchestral piece in response to the bleaching of the coral on the Great Barrier Reef. Their finished piece was choreographed by Wessex Dance Academy, who transform the lives of vulnerable young people through contemporary dance.
Project designer Rhiannon Newman Brown and film production company Peanut & Crumb were responsible for editing the films and shaping them with visual context and the footage provided by Silverback Films for the Future Visions project.