Cruising the Estuary
A series of three online workshops playing on the double meaning of cruising—sailing on water & searching for sexual encounters.
Rediscovering Magic in the Landscape
The inaugural Jan Morris Lecture, in partnership with Hay Festival, with Jini Reddy
Rising from the Ashes – The Restoration of the Dockyard Church
Join architects Hugh Broughton and Martin Ashley along with Trust Director Will Palin at this online event to discuss the reimagining of Dockyard Church and their approaches to delivering a historically sensitive yet dynamic solution to revitalising the church to it's former exterior grandeur coupled with a vibrant contemporary interior.
The Great Tide: Flooding, Landscape and Memory
In this programme Patrick Bernard discusses 'The Great Tide' with writer and social historian Ken Worpole; Edward Platt, author of 'The Great Flood'; and Anne Johnson, a storyteller who runs Everyday Magic, a London-based charity which sends storytellers into state primary schools, and who lived on Canvey Island at the time of the flood.
Estuary Live Lounge
Curated by Gareth Evans, this series of conversations continue Estuary 2021's investigation into the deep and layered history of our place and its connections to current social and political concerns, both here in the UK and overseas.
Identity
'Identity' is a new film and audio work, written and produced by Cohesion Plus working with 42 South Films, examining what makes us who we are, looking at how things like race, faith, immigration, the arts and sport shape our identities.
Obsessive Pursuit: Place and its Purpose
Rachel Lichtenstein joins Iain Sinclair and Gareth Evans to talk about her research connecting Jewish history from her home in the Thames Estuary, to London, Europe and the Caribbean Island of Barbados.
The Graphic Language of the Seaside Exhibition
An exhibition focusing on the Typography of the seaside – including a guest lecturer talk on 27 May 2021 ending in a private view.
Wed 26 May - 19:00-21:00 - Obsessive Pursuit
Estuary Live Lounge 1: Iain Sinclair and Rachel Lichtenstein join Gareth Evans to talk about their current projects and shared love of the estuary
Breaching the Boundary
This exhibition will explore the estuary’s role not only in a historical/militaristic sense, but also as a borderline, as a frontier in ongoing conflicts such as climate change and development.
In the Process of Knitting A Netting
A spoken word piece for four voices, activated live by local participants near/on the beach at around sunset over eight evenings in Margate and Whitstable.
Same River Twice
Taking its inspiration from Heraclitus’ proverb, 'No man ever steps in the in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man,’ this writing workshop considers how the estuarine landscape might inspire new poetry and prose.