Sea Like a Mirror
Marking the 200th anniversary of the RNLI, and inspired by the profound legacy of their life-saving work. Film screenings with live music, performances and a workshop in a unique, custom-made tent on the seafront.
Sightings of Home G&T 2025
Experience an outdoor installation of paper sails flying on either side of the Thames.
Submarine Consciousness, Or What Have You
The project explores historical and contemporary ideas of rewilding in the Thames Estuary and the neocolonial relations of Essex. Join the artists' collective Breakwater for immersive experience of the hydrosphere, ghostly conversations, an overlaid cartographic mess, intimate reading, a walking ritual, and a site-specific installation. A sound walk is also available for the duration of the festival.
The Dreamshare Seer
Register to use the free digital tool and discover a generative AI that translates our sleeping dream descriptions into visual animations. Feed your dreams into a collective dream cloud.
The Essex Ways
You’re invited to join one of James’ story walks in the Castle Point area, taking place in Canvey Wick Nature Reserve and Hadleigh Country Park.
The Forgotten Dead
Join our arts workshops, dedicated to creating sculptures that will be part of an art installation commemorating the people lost in the Princess Alice Disaster
The People Will Possess The Wind
Reimagining our relationship with wind energy through live choral performances, sailing on the Estuary, film and publication. How would it be if we came to possess the wind farms? If we felt that they were ‘our’ wind farms? Just as it is ‘Our NHS’.
The Scene by the Sea
Exhibition celebrating the tenth anniversary of the creation of The Thames Group of Artists
Thought Forms
A new, site-specific participatory work exploring ideas around community and islands, both real and imaginary. Audience members will be transported by boat on the river Medway to Fort Darnet, a nineteenth-century military installation on a small island.
Threads for Tomorrow
Rooted in the interconnectedness of the natural and built environments – this project invites reflection on the hidden stories within waste. It celebrates the resilience of materials and communities alike.
Tidings (Tide 1: June 2025: Tilbury)
Discover the artefacts of the project Tidings, in the location that inspired their creation. This is the first of a series of events that mark several stages of the project, a collaboration between photgrapher Daniel Benson, photographer, writer and researcher Matthew Crowley and designer/critical practitioner Liam Morrow.
Verses & Waves
This is a collaboration between photographer Maria Hickey and poet Pablo Giles. Pablo and Maria will be showing some new videography work at Basildon Festival Leisure Park.