Estuary 2021

Key Partners

Estuary 2021 is delivered through a partnership between two Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisations, Metal, based in South Essex and Cement Fields, based in North Kent.

Estuary 2021 Workshop

Letters to the Earth

To open and close the Estuary 2021, you are invited to write and share your 'Letter to the Earth' as part of an accumulating exhibition of your words and messages, visions and hopes for a better future.

Estuary 2021 Outdoor Artwork Publication Walk

Lissener

Feral Practice & Esi Eshun's Lissener is a new, darkly comic audio work responding to the human and nonhuman histories of the ruined Oare Gunpowder Works.

Estuary 2021 Walk

Lore of the Wild

An audio storywalk and map to guide you on a transformative journey around Lesnes Abbey Woods.

Estuary 2021 Publication

Markers

In the spirit of mail art, Webb-Ellis have exchanged handwritten letters with posthuman philosopher Francesca Ferrando, artist Jade Montserrat, writer Péjú Oshin, and biologist Rupert Sheldrake, around the themes of language, the body, our present moment and possible futures.

Estuary 2021 Outdoor Artwork

Mirrors for Princes

A series of traditional pub style mirrors featuring text channelling the ancient call for social equality and justice and accompanied by an edition of slogan beer mats. Hosted by pubs along the Essex coastline.

Estuary 2021

Ness

Writer Robert Macfarlane, theatre-maker Zoë Svendsen and sound designer Carolyn Downing are collaborating to stage a re-imagining of Robert’s book, Ness.

Estuary 2021

No Ordinary Protest

Mikhail Karikis' 'No Ordinary Protest' is a film made with young people, asking whether sound can mobilise socio-political and physical change.

Estuary 2021 Outdoor Artwork

Our Land

A creative intervention in the form of walking, listening and gardening, a collaboration between four artists Jo Fong, Sonia Hughes, Lisa Mattocks and Andrew Westle

Estuary 2021 Outdoor Artwork

Our Time

Marcus Coates’ 'Our Time' places the songs and calls of locally threatened bird species onto 6 clock towers along the North Kent coastline.

Estuary 2021 Outdoor Artwork

Out to Dry

An installation by Andy Freeman and Samantha Penn revealing the hidden life cycle of our clothes, and how microplastics make their way into waterways via washing machines.