Welcome to this collection, a non-profit, DIY-focussed collaborative arts projects based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
this collection's main aims are simple: we want to bring together two artforms and two communities of artists who rarely get a chance to meet and collaborate; we want to find fresh new ways of looking at the streets and cityscapes around us; we want to introduce members of the public to poetry and film as they've never seen them before, and give them the chance to come on board and create, regardless of prior experience. We are also proud of the fact that we're a non-profit, DIY project without funding – we're a grassroots organisation providing free workshops, events and creative platforms to anyone who wants to get involved. To date this collection has gathered 100 poems via open submissions call, based on Edinburgh postcodes -- we are now giving them to filmmakers to adapt into short films. Our map shows the poems, pin-pointed on the street that inspired them. Click on the pins to discover the city's poets and filmmakers!