Where do you think you are?
WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? was a debate around culture, identity, sense of place that Metal hosted in partnership with Insite, the Essex Cultural Tourism programme in October 2007.
We were interested in how culture contributes to the image and economics of towns within Essex, and the county as a whole.
The public event was a culmination of a series of smaller conversations that Metal hosted over a series of dinner discussions. Four towns across Essex took part, bringing together senior people from the arts, regeneration, tourism and community sectors to explore questions of identity and the role of ‘culture’ in creating a sense of belonging. The dinners were hosted in Chelmsford, Southend, Harlow and Colchester.
WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? was styled on the BBC’s Question Time with panellists, Grayson Perry (Turner Prize-winning visual artist and ceramicist), DJ Nihal Arthanyake (Musician and Radio/TV personality, BBC Radio 1 and BBC Asian Network), Keirston Wareing (film / tv actress), Jane Edwards (Executive Director, Living East) and Chair, Jude Kelly OBE (chair, Metal / artistic director, Southbank Centre).
To watch a short excerpt of the discussion, please click here.
