The 2021 Ebb & Flow artist commissions
Through closed-call submissions, we are commissioning over 20 creative partners to deliver the 2021 programme.
With a mission to spark interest and engage people in the past, present and future of Chatham Intra, our storytelling, participatory activities and arts programme spans a range of venues and spaces through the High Street geography.
Ebb & Flow 2021 is a blend of self-curated activities, arts trails, performances in wide open spaces, placing objects of curiosity and art for unexpected engagement, digital sharing, history walks, traditional portrait photography sessions.
Jane Pitt
Capturing of personal accounts and stories of the people and places, past and present.
MESS ROOM
community engagement .. …
Kalika’s Armour
Community workshops to co-create Thames barge pennant textiles. Working with historically linked embroidery stitches, he’ll lead conversations exploring migrations, and looking at the people and cargo that arrived and left by the river.
51zero
A 3 day programme of films themed to the river and local area, projected onto windows and local buildings.
Deadman’s Island
A studio residency at Sun Pier House, creating new work in response to the area and it’s history. Art to be exhibited throughout the High Street over the festival weekend.
Rikard Osterlund
Then & Now, a photography project sourcing archived images of the High Street’s buildings and businesses, and recreate with the 2021 residents.
Dizzy O’Dare
Geo located walk telling stories of the past and present
Neil Thorne
Recreation of an aerial photo of Chatham Intra from 1920, 100 hundreds years later Neil will present the two images together in a triptych with an account of his experience, exhibited in a High Street window.
Minimus
Improvised live music, drawing on participation from spectators and audiences, with no previous experience required and using unconventional instruments.
Spaghetti Weston
Filmmaker for the History Walks and wider festival activities
David Frankum
Documenting the High Street and festival visitors in his characterful rapid sketch style.
Tiller & Wheel
Attending with the sailing barge Edith May, National Historic Ship #2110. Creating a river spectacle over the festival weekend and flying community-made pennants, created in sessions with Kalika’s Armour.
Xtina Lamb
Showcasing stories and local discoveries through rain art installations, zines, small publications and hand printed ephemera for festival visitors.
Rikard Osterlund
A Victorian Photographer’s Studio experience capturing people’s portraits using traditional Wet Plate Collodion practice.
Sparked Echo
Creation of Chatham Intra 2121, engaging young people to think about what the High Street will be in 100 years time.
Robert Flood
Creation of new history walks exploring and retelling the stories of the area.
Creatabot
Community engagement workshops…. …
Laura Fisher
A photography project exploring the street names through Chatham Intra and their origins.
Luci Napleton
TBC … ..
INTRA
Exhibition and art installations in the windows of this High Street based community arts space.
Nicola Flower
Illustration project looking at the High Street business ‘Zee Fabrics’ capturing it’s customers, staff, shop interior and community.
Wendy Daws
Silhouette shadow installations referencing the area’s history and people.
Jane Pitt
Sound based art piece .. .. ..
Pop up Museum
Robert Flood and Kevin Younger create displays of the areas history, touring in shop windows and exhibition locations along the road.