Made in the Mardyke – Walk & Workshop

Made in the Mardyke – Emerging Creatures

From 10am-1pm join walking artist Charlie Fox for a creative project where we’ll be  walking and collecting materials from along the Mardyke.

This second walk of three in a creative project led by inspiral director, Charlie Fox, in partnership with T-100 and Made in the river collective (mitrcollective.com). As we walk together we will explore the Mardyke River as it runs back to the Thames from Davy Down Riverside Park. On this walk we will be observing the Mardyke’s origins and celebrating the river’s creativity in refashioning waste material.

For this walk along the Mardyke and back towards its the mouth at the Thames, we examine the landscape with river eyes and observe the marks of ancient creatures. We will see and collect new hybrid materials along the pathway, that inspire us to make together creature elements, skins and creature costumes. The workshop following the walk will be a fun way to begin further exploring the river, its  environment and other (non-human) inhabitants that make their home on its banks and flood plain.

From 1pm -3.30pm Workshop at Kinetika Studios

After the walk we will share refreshments and if you wish you can help refashion these found transformed materials into elememts and parts for the Mardyke creature costumes that will appear during the final performative walk T100 Festival on 31 May 2025.