and what would you say? – Virtual Film Screening
...and what would you say? is an experimental short combining spoken word and film to explore the idea: what if our stretch of coastline could talk to us?
Darent Valley Confluences to Gravesend
Unique Hydrodetour starting at Dartford Station and leading us out along the Darent River
Exchanged Tides
A project that explores the relationship between the hyper-local and the global by focusing on the waterways that connect us
Future Archeology of Ebbsfleet
Alison Cooke has distributed 100 balls of clay from the Thames Estuary to local people to make Future Archaeology.
Landfill Audio Report
Landfill Audio Report is a collaborative artistic research project, excavating the significance of a former landfill site on the Thames at East Tilbury which is gradually leaking into the river as the tide erodes the riverbanks.
Sat 12 Jun - 14:00-15:00 - Crude Britannia - The Commonwealth of Wind
Join James Marriott for a live discussion with speakers on the Thames Estuary's energy and a screening of the third part of a newly commissioned film by artist-sailor Richard Houguez.
Sat 12 Jun - 18:00-19:00 - The first thing I did was to kiss the ground - conversation and cook along
Join artist Jasleen Kaur and members of the Gravesend’s Saheli Women's Group online, as they cook Aloo Paronthey in their own kitchens, and discuss questions of community, assimilation, resistance, and the importance of song and dance, and food.
‘The Enraptured Tourist’: Ruskin and France Talk
In this illustrated talk, Ruskin scholar Robert Hewison discusses John Ruskin’s life-long experience of France, its culture, politics and architecture.
The Lesnes Hundred
The Lesnes Hundred by Eric MacLennan is a socially engaged piece of art offering members of the public the opportunity to name a tree after someone important to them.
The Rising Tide: A Story Trail
The Rising Tide is a walking adventure for live audiences diving into the stories of local people whose lives have been shaped by Estuary.
Art, Society, Nature Photographic Residency
A group exhibition showcasing the work of eight, emerging Kent based photographers who have been creating a new body of work
Fri 11 Jun - 19:30-21:30 - Suttons Manor
Meet the four contemporary writers commissioned to respond to one of the most mysterious and enigmatic houses of the Thames Estuary, Suttons Manor