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On Saturday 6th September 11am-4.30pm – as part of Totally Thames Festival 2025
In the morning artists Charlie Fox and Sylak Ravenspine for a river creature making workshop, where you can learn or share new skills and explore the creaturely materials found in the Thames. Materials partially transformed by the river’s own skills and vitality refashioned as the hybrid skins of mythical new creatures. This workshop is generously supported by Kinetika People and T100.
Then weather permitting –after lunch – we will move on with the creatures to explore the River Thames near the Mardyke confluence, and search for the emerging creatures… looking into the past, experiencing the present and imagining into future: in the next 100, 1000, 10,000, million years – imagining what hybrid creatures will appear in the post-natural environment of the Thames Delta?
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 River Thames. And as we picnic together, by the river, we will discuss the Mardyke and the larger Thames rivers – as natural resources, grappling with all the human waste and pollution thrown their way; to think about how the river digests this waste, transforms it and is transformed, in a hybrid cycle of regenerations.
For the day of exploration:
Please note – you are advised to bring a picnic, wear suitable clothes, shoes for weather conditions – some refreshments including water (tea and coffee) will be provided. We are asking for donations from £5-10 to support the work of InspiralLondon – If you cannot afford to donate then email contact@inspirallondon.com and we can reserve you a free space.
Part of Totally Thames 2025 and generously supported by Kinetika and T100 walking projects:
