I have been told to speak about this. I haven't even thought about sharing this until just now. I make websites.
I always feel so much more informed about the world and my practice as an artist when I make them, and frequently engage in making them as part of my creative processing and practice.
I also create my own branding. Most of the projects I am involved in require me to create a branded package of ideas around why the project exists. It has been one of the ways with which I am able to open a conversation with a commissioning partner or co-collaborator.
The Poets Built It Online Community name and logo has perhaps been the most enjoyable to conceive, because, as its founder, I have an powerful connection to its concept - "Poets Supporting Poets." PBI is an opportunity to expand on your life skills as a poet, develop your practice as a poet, and be a part of a community of like-minded artists.
This project is supported by Apples and Snakes, London's trail blazing poetry and spoken word charity organisation who has been championing poets for 40 years! Their continued support makes it possible.
For my practice as an eco-awareness raising educator, Nature Persists is another fulfilling logo and website to make. The urban environs of London is part of my very being. I am a Londoner of a Afri-Carib-British heritage. My call to raise awareness about how we can be more connected to the natural world in a bustling city like London is enhanced by my British London Migrant settler experience. As it is Black History Month here in the UK, I am drawn to think about this especially when it comes Nature Persists' branding creation.
The logo and the website are a distillation of my thoughts and ethos around the ways we are part of the ecology of planet Earth, and how the natural world is present, safeguarding our health and well being. If we examine how we pay attention to nature in cities and consider a reciprocity to Earth as big country town and city dwellers, our vital partnership with the natural world will be one of exciting and realistic possibility. Especially around urban sustainability. Cue Synergy Slam Poets!
Synergy Slam Poets was born from the Nature Persists ethos Autumn 2023. Beginning with Synergy Slam Poets: WATER, this theme based series of workshop programs needed a strong story and presence to make the contemporary conversation about environmental issues in the city apparent. It's a vibrant project I created to spark the imagination and inspire new writing for the Synergy Slam Poets Film Competitions. In partnership with Apples and Snakes, Synergy Slam Poets has rolling online program you can discover on the website which is designed to encourage participants to continually seek positive a mindset in their creativity when exploring about the climate and ecological crisis.
Click these links for more about Synergy Slam Poets branding and Cece's Speakeasy website and digital interactive story. Another great project I really enjoyed making. Synergy Slam Poets Branding https://www.zenaedwards.com/post/synergy-slam-poets-nature-persists-and-apples-snakes
CECES SPEAKEASY
https://www.zenaedwards.com/post/cece-s-speakeasy-coffee-chocolate-and-an-online-interactive-journey
~Z~
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