“This has shined a spotlight on our rich local history and King’s Lynn’s membership of the new league helps bring about closer economic, cultural, social and national ties with our Hanse partners across northern Europe.”
— Phillip Eke, the Senior Tourism Officer and Hanse Commissioner for England.Voyages invited residents to become explorers, traders, and seafarers, using sea travel as a way to explore friendship and shared stories across communities. Inspired by King’s Lynn’s maritime history as a medieval port, the project was commissioned by the Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk to mark the 20th anniversary of the town joining the Modern Hanseatic League.
Over 200 children and adults from all sectors of the community, more than doubling expected participant numbers, took part in creative workshops in drawing, painting, collage, and storytelling, creating artworks inspired by maritime folklore, imagined landscapes, and fantastical worlds. These were then digitised and animated before being projection-mapped onto three of the town’s most important historic landmarks: Custom House, King’s Lynn Minster, and Greyfriars Tower.
The result was a large-scale animated trail shaped by local creativity and rooted in the town’s history.
Many thanks to the artists Myka Baum, Olya Anima, Katrine Cousins, Lizzie Ault and Marianne Powell for facilitating workshops and taking part in the project.
Special thanks also to St Michael’s Church of England Academy, College of West Anglia, King’s Lynn Library, Gaywood Library, True’s Yard Fisherfolk Museum, The Beacon, Stories of Lynn and all their communities for helping to create the artworks.
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