Wild Uplands

Wild Uplands is a series of new artworks created for the vast skies and expansive moorland views of Penistone Hill Country Park, high above Haworth. From sculptures and site-specific installations to a new sound walk, we’re reimagining this untamed landscape as a hotbed for contemporary art.

Shanaz Gulzar, Creative Director of Bradford 2025 and the curator of Wild Uplands, is inviting four leading national and international artists to create new works in response to Penistone Hill. They’ll be inspired both by the natural attributes and by the industrial heritage of these former quarries – and by the future of our natural world in light of the ongoing climate crisis.

We’ll be announcing the four commissions in spring 2025 – when we’ll also launch Earth & Sky, an immersive sound walk created with Opera North for Wild Uplands that features new music from three leading contemporary composers. Read more about it here.

Wild Uplands will also feature a programme of tours, educational activities and special events – including opportunities to contribute to the restoration of the park. We’ll be announcing full details next spring.