Imagine Bamboo at Keele University
Appetite, ArtsKeele and Imagineer are collaborating with a whole host of world-class experts to build a giant bamboo arch! Made from UK-grown borinda bamboo the arch will be built and raised over four days. If all goes to plan, on Saturday 18 March you can come along from 11am-2pm to have a swing from it! This impressive experiment will take place outdoors at Keele University campus during Green Festival. Are you interested in becoming a Community Build Volunteer preparing the bamboo or raising the arch? There are slots available to join us from Tuesday 14 to Friday 17 March. Find out more in Take Part! We’re excited to announce that there will be talks from the experts involved taking place on campus that you can book on to for free. Find out more in Talks. The event is outdoors and wheelchair accessible. Audio Description and BSL interpretation will be available on Saturday 18 March.
Image features 3 people sitting on the grass tying bamboo together to create the arch structure. In the background you can see some large bamboo letters, they spell out Imagine Bamboo however you can only see part of the wording on this image, you can read GINE and BAM.
Image featuring the 6 meter bamboo arch being constructed in summer 2022 as part of the Commonwealth Games. Arch is on green grass on a sunny day with blue skies and a few fluffy clouds with residential apartments in the background and people assisting with its construction.
Image featuring speakers who will be talking as part of Imagine Bamboo at Keele University. To the left an image of Horwood Energy Centre, next along Orit Aziz from Imagineer Productions, then an image of Chris from Atelier One and finally an image of Michael Brisbane who is an independent bamboo grower.
Image featuring a small hand made bamboo model sitting on a piece of paper on the floow with three figures of people blurred out in the background.
