Waterfall Of Kites is Manasamitra’s new and exciting project, which began in September 2024 and culminates in an installation at Halifax Minster from 20th February to 23rd March 2025. Artistic Director Supriya Nagarajan’s inspiration came from the hundreds of kite festivals that take place across South Asia every spring.

Waterfall Of Kites is a part of CultureDale, Calderdale’s Year of Culture.  Working in partnership with Calderdale Council, Manasamitra delivered a range of participatory activities with community groups in Calderdale.  Additional sessions were delivered in partnership with the Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield.  Sessions included kitemaking and music, responding to a shared arts tradition of kite festivals, resulting in kites and sounds that will form part of a bespoke installation.

Manasamitra has commissioned Sue Walpole, a local artist with a regional reputation for imaginative and exciting sculptural pieces.  She will create a central work that will represent a visual source for the ‘kite waterfall’ from which all the community kites will flow. The kites will celebrate the history, textile tradition and cultural memories of the multicultural communities based in the region.

The waterfall effect will be completed by a bespoke music and sound backdrop, created by Duncan Chapman, which will include original work, the sounds of water in its many forms, voices from local choirs and other sounds unique to Halifax.

The installation will be open to the public from Thursday 20th February 2025 at Halifax Minster.