Totem visits Fountain Island ahead of COP26

Enfield Town’s Fountain Island hosted a 4.5 metre high totem representing nature’s relationship with humans, before it travelled to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow. This project was in collaboration with Border Crossings’ Origins Festival to host Totem Latamat from Mexico as part of its journey through the UK in autumn 2021.

Enfield was the only North London destination for Totem Latamat which is being displayed in a series of important cultural locations in the U.K, as a reminder of the damage being done to the seas, land and air and how our existence is deeply interwoven with nature.

The arrival of Totem Latamat was celebrated in Enfield with a series of free performances, brought to Fountain Island courtesy of the Culture Palace. Raising awareness of climate change is fundamental to the future of the borough and the Enfield community celebrated with stories from Pickled Pepper Books, songs from local musician and artist Patrick Samuel, and YTA's Young Notes choir rounded off the evening.