Key Partners
Estuary 2021 is delivered through a partnership between two Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisations, Metal, based in South Essex and Cement Fields, based in North Kent.
Landscape and Wildlife Photography Workshop - Hoo Marshes
Landscape and Wildlife Photography Workshop on Hoo Marshes
Letters to the Earth
To open and close the Estuary 2021, you are invited to write and share your 'Letter to the Earth' as part of an accumulating exhibition of your words and messages, visions and hopes for a better future.
Lissener
Feral Practice & Esi Eshun's Lissener is a new, darkly comic audio work responding to the human and nonhuman histories of the ruined Oare Gunpowder Works.
Lore of the Wild
An audio storywalk and map to guide you on a transformative journey around Lesnes Abbey Woods.
Markers
In the spirit of mail art, Webb-Ellis have exchanged handwritten letters with posthuman philosopher Francesca Ferrando, artist Jade Montserrat, writer Péjú Oshin, and biologist Rupert Sheldrake, around the themes of language, the body, our present moment and possible futures.
Mirrors for Princes
A series of traditional pub style mirrors featuring text channelling the ancient call for social equality and justice and accompanied by an edition of slogan beer mats. Hosted by pubs along the Essex coastline.
Ness
Writer Robert Macfarlane, theatre-maker Zoë Svendsen and sound designer Carolyn Downing are collaborating to stage a re-imagining of Robert’s book, Ness.
No Ordinary Protest
Mikhail Karikis' 'No Ordinary Protest' is a film made with young people, asking whether sound can mobilise socio-political and physical change.
Our Land
A creative intervention in the form of walking, listening and gardening, a collaboration between four artists Jo Fong, Sonia Hughes, Lisa Mattocks and Andrew Westle
Our Time
Marcus Coates’ 'Our Time' places the songs and calls of locally threatened bird species onto 6 clock towers along the North Kent coastline.
Out to Dry
An installation by Andy Freeman and Samantha Penn revealing the hidden life cycle of our clothes, and how microplastics make their way into waterways via washing machines.