Fogged Mirror
Fogged Mirror is a film accompanied by spoken performance, weaving a narrative from myth and history. It draws on the ‘miracle of the black leg’.
Live Programme
Estuary 2021 streamed a number of live, online events, discussions and film screenings on different platforms across the festival, from 22 May to 13 June. If you missed any, you can catch up with all the events below.
Outfall
Outfall is a research project commissioned by TACO! exploring flows of waste, production and biological matter within London and the Thames Estuary.
Rainham Marshes/Rainham Barges
This unique Hydrodetour artist-led walk and performance starts from Rainham Station, leading us out along the London Loop pathway to the Concrete Barges at Coldharbour Point.
Two Tree Island
Two Tree Island is a photographic project, investigating the history of the island from a landfill site to the Nature Reserve it is today.
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.