Made in the Mardyke – T100 performance walk
May 31 @ 10:30 am - 2:30 pm
Made in the Mardyke final event – walk, picnic and performance as part of T100 Walking Festival.
On this walk we will be exploring together the Mardyke flood plains – looking into the past, experiencing the present and imagining into future: in the next 100, 1000, 10,000, million years – what hybrid creatures will appear in the post-natural environment of the Mardyke?
With workshop participants and the creative input from the river as it transforms the materials that make up its environment, we encounter some creatures from the near future emerging from the Field of Peace. And as we picnic together, by the river, we will discuss the Mardyke as a natural resource, grappling with all the human waste and pollution thrown its way; think about how the river digests this waste, transforms its and is transformed.
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- 10.30am-12.30pm Walk for up to 2hrs
- By 12.30pm we arrive at Field of Peace
- With time for picnic and discussions
- 1.30-2.30pm we parade back to start point (at Chafford Hundred Train Station)
Make a day of exploration:
Afterwards you can join the creatures as they find their way to the wilderness of Rainham marshes for Concrete Imaginings Meet outside main entrance of Rainham Station Concrete imaginings an Inspiral meander walk through the edgelands of London to the industrial heritage of the widening Thames, with drawing. This walk led by associate artists – Birgitta Hosea and Sarah Sparkes.
Please note – you are advised to bring a picnic, wear suitable clothes, shoes for weather conditions – some refreshments including water will be provided.