Leigh984, The creative portfolio of Leigh Spencer

The Blue (heart) rewilding project/campaign was founded in 2014 by wildlife filmmaker Fergus Beeley, The project was founded in response to dramatic biodiversity and biomass declines in the UK. The only requirement is to allow a patch of land to grow and see what plants and animals return. My film looks at the projects implementation in the Leicestershire village of Desford where village residents have enhanced the projects visibility by running bunting featuring the projects symbol (a Blue Heart) along a roadside verge. Desford Parish Council and Leicestershire County Council have agreed not to mow this verge during spring and summer 2021 in the support of the projects aims to see wild flower plants and animals return to the area.

The Urban Astronaut landed in Leicester City Center as part of the city festival 2017. The dramatic performance explores the environmental issue of air pollution, one of the most serious problems affecting the environment today. The astronaut performs spins and jumps suspended up to 20ft in the air giving the appearance of weightlessness. A traveler from a future version of earth, which has been destroyed and made inhospitable through air pollution he has returned to the past to find an answer to a future crisis. My film joins the astronaut as he travels through the City center passing the clock tower (a well known Leicester landmark) before arriving on Humberstone gate where he may find an answer to his crisis. For more information on The Urban Astronaut performed by Highly Sprung please visit: www.highlysprungperformance.co.uk/urban-astronaut