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A giant game of ‘Consequences’ played between community groups has been turned into a huge 30 by 40 metre mythical creature, the ‘Consequences’ Giant, for Nature Calling, a national landscape project.

This colourful, giant artwork inspired by local natural landscapes is by artist Becca Gill and can only be seen in Yeovil and Corfe Castle at the Inside Out Dorset festival in September. Magical all-day gatherings and a soundtrack by Douglas Dare accompany the artwork. A film by David Levene using drone footage capturing a secret unveiling of the massive ‘Consequences’ Giant lying next to the famous Cerne Abbas Giant will be shared online.

Join us when the new giant visits Yeovil on 13th & 14th September 2025 and Corfe Castle on 20th & 21st September 2025 as part of the Inside Out Dorset festival.

“The landscape is like an active participant in the project, shaping the work and influencing its themes of access, ownership, and belonging.”

- Becca Gill, Radical Ritual

Nature Calling is a new landmark arts project encouraging new audiences to better understand and connect with their local natural landscapes, improving wellbeing and inspiring a sense of belonging. Six of England’s National Landscapes have commissioned art projects and writers.

Inspired by the enduring mystery of the Cerne Abbas Giant, Radical Ritual Artistic Director Becca Gill and team have been working with the local community to devise and create a monumental new mythical creature for the Dorset National Landscape. Made through fun, collaborative community workshops, the 30 by 40 metre Consequences Giant will be ceremoniously unveiled with music, poetry, and ritual on the ancient hills of Somerset and Dorset in September.

The writers and artists gathered with people from South Somerset and Dorset to investigate folk traditions, surrealist art-making, and collaborative storytelling. These led to making a monumental game of ‘Consequences’, a collaborative creative activity that originated with Surrealist artists. Multiple participants contribute to this single artwork without seeing the previous contributions. When the whole game is revealed to everyone who joined in, the result is a surprise that no single participant could have created alone.

Becca Gill, Artistic Director at Radical Ritual, said: “I feel that we’ve lost track of our myths and the stories that connect us to the landscape and geography around us and how to live in a connected way with nature. The concept for this work is built on accessibility, collective authorship, and environmental consciousness.

It’s about the process as much as the outcome. I have been thinking about that deeply in this project, how we can connect to communities to create brand new myths and new stories, and to do that in a way that brings those landscapes closer, and inspires awe and wonder in people.”

This temporary new artwork for Nature Calling connects local people to the Dorset and Somerset landscapes. ‘Consequences’ is a Radical Ritual Production, commissioned and produced by Dorset National Landscape for Nature Calling with executive producers the National Landscapes Association and Activate Performing Arts. It is supported by Arts Council England, DEFRA and Imaginators.

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