Conrad to Containers: Barking to Beijing
A participatory walk and ritual that invites us to join the dots and think about the hidden costs of our consumptive lifestyles in the place where Joseph Conrad wrote Heart of Darkness.
Crude Britannia
Platform’s project, Crude Britannia, looks at the history, present and future of energy across the expanse of the Thames Estuary.
Cyanotype Workshops with Southend Beach Rubbish Project
Come and join us, on Jubilee Beach in Southend-on-Sea, for some fun, outdoor workshops that combine beach cleaning and cyanotype printing, an early photographic process.
Data Tree
A conceptual way marker placed at a point where paths diverge, created by artist Jonathan Wright in conversation with park visitors and communities.
Deep Thames // Visit Cretaceous
Lydia Brockless' 'Deep Thames // Visit Cretaceous' looks at the materials of Ebbsfleet, and the layers of human and non-human experience contained in the ground beneath our feet.
Draw Hope
Bob and Roberta Smith's 'Draw Hope' pavilion is an outdoor gallery and art-making space sited on the green outside Chatham Library.
Draw Hope Workshops
Come and take part in workshops with Medway artists Rosa Ainley, Lalita Bailey, Liz Bylett, Wendy Daws, Christopher Sacre, and Hannah Whittaker at the Draw Hope pavilion.
ELIZA
Drawing inspiration from poet Eliza Cook, artist Amy Pennington will perform a short piece to camera on the steps of Ingress Abbey where Eliza stayed, and a number of her works were written.
Escaping with Magwitch
Carol Donaldson and Stephen Turner, are set to escape to the North Kent Marshes in a small inflatable boat called Magwitch. For five days they will survey the wetlands and wildlife on their own doorstep, camping in remote locations.
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Short film and additions to an existing walking tour at Wat Tyler Country Park by Angela YT Chan, on the history and legacies of Britain’s explosives manufacturing.
Family activities & tours
A packed programme of workshops and tours led by Wat Tyler Education and Estuary 2021 artists can be enjoyed throughout the festival at Wat Tyler Country Park.
Flotsam and Jetsam
For the duration of Estuary 2021 artist-basketmaker Selena Chandler will be in residence along the Thames’ northern edges, making daily walks to gather the debris of consumerist society and the offerings of nature’s resilience.