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SUMMARY:Hydracity - Towards Watery Commons 
DESCRIPTION:Hydracity – Towards Watery Commons \nAn Exhibition from 10th September – 26th September at the Thames-Side Studios Gallery with a programme of walks\, performances\, and interactive artworks. \nFinal Weekend Special Events: \nStart the final weekend of September with gentle Waterside Foraging led by artist Clare Qualmann (on Friday 24 Sept\,  Meeting at Thames-Side Studio Gallery for walk 1pm – 2.30pm); the fruits and edibles will be used on the following day. \nSaturday 25 Sept (10.30-4pm) as part of Hydracity Woolwich Riverside Community events – Natural Heritage Community Day with local walks – see here.\n \nOr join Ian Thompson’s unique walk from Rochester to Gravesend skirting the Thames Delta marshlands on Hoo Soundings along Thames/Medway canal (11am -5pm) \n\nThen on Sunday 26 September Exhibition open from 12 to 6.30pm \nAt the exhibition events for all from 4-7pm Hydracity Story Tales and Tails\, ending with a magical lantern show. \nFrom 4pm inspirallondon will serve tea and drinks including our vintage inspiral sloe gin. Alongside Hydracity Associate Artists Tales and Tails from Hydrodetours and inspiralling – the histories\, archaeology and geology hidden beneath the watery commons: Including readings and tales from Le Collectif des Gammares… \nFrom 6pm an appearance of the Blue Porcupine from Gravesend (artist – Sarah Sparkes) \nFor Hydracity finale from 6.15 pm Mollett and Morris setting up for Hydrodetour of Woolwich Old Dockyard – With Gallery Lantern show from 6.30pm. Come prepared for fantastical tales of monsters\, forgotten places and satirical humour in the watery nooks and crannies of the old Naval Docks. \n(If you are coming to the walk that leaves the Gallery and finishes around 7.45pm please do book here and wear sensible clothing and lighting for an early evening walk) \n \nHydracity asks us to observe and imagine London and its hinterland as watery environment\, by inviting artists to re-experience this fluid\, shifting and untameable environment. What is it that circulates beneath our feet oozing from the muddy delta of the Thames as we explore the interconnected labyrinth of watery commons intersecting urban spaces\, that flow across\, through and into us? \nThis exhibition will focus on our experience of these watery commons while exploring fluid collective co-creation. You are invited to collaborate in this artistic project to reimagine the city as a watery ecosystem. By re-evaluating the city as a space shaped by water\, we’ll track the nature and extent of the radical changes wrought on the valley’s watery arteries\, while creating alternative visions\, and understandings. \nHydracity also re-imagines the city’s river system as slowly evolving tentacled organism\, much like a hydra’s looping locomotion. By observing water – its capacity to merge fluidity and solidity – we can see it as a regenerative resource and even a metaphor for shifting times.  This ever-changing environment of the aqueous commons reflects something of the hydra-like city\, whose ability to rejuvenate offers overlapping narratives for this complex watery labyrinth. For the exhibition at Thames-side Gallery InspiralLondon creates a unique sculptural labyrinth map that interacts with other activities\, archives\, experiences and with potential walks across the city. \nArtists\, artist groups and collectives have been invited to contribute to Hydracity\, by coming together in this search for our watery commons. The exhibition launches a number of specially commissioned public artworks that includes Hydrodetours guided walks; performances; sound and sculptural installation; performative lectures; films and an interactive watery archive. Together\, making alternative narratives for places\, people and the landscape within London’s Thames basin by immersing ourselves in different ways of understanding the city’s waterways\, and in experiencing the complex ecosystems and surprising biodiversity sustained by them. \nInspiralLondon’s Hydracity is an artistic exploration of London’s urban environment and ecology through on the ground mapping with the aim to create a network of alternative histories\, stories and experiences of the  commons. This collective art project is an opportunity for artists to re-imagine the Thames Delta as a fluid and dream-like ecosystem\, unpredictable\, ever shifting and dissolving and ultimately mysterious. \nPreview: Friday 10 September 2021\, 6-9pm\, exhibition opens Saturday 11 September 2021- Exhibition dates: Saturday 11 – Sunday 26 September 2021   Open Thursday-Sunday\, 12-5pm (except 26 September open until 6pm) \n \n 
URL:https://www.inspirallondon.com/event/hydracity-towards-watery-commons/
LOCATION:Thames-Side Gallery\, Harrington Way\, Warspite Road Royal Borough of Greenwich\, London\, SE18 5NR\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Branches of the Wogebourne - Hydrodetour
DESCRIPTION:Branches of the Wogebourne with J D Swann\nSaturday 11th September Starting at: 11am Welling Station (Zone 4).\nFinishing: at Southmere Lake\, Thamesmead – then 1km walk to Abbey Wood Station (Zone 4)\n11 kilometres walk – 4 hours (approx)\n8+ under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult \n\nInspiralLondon’s resident ornithological investigator J D Swann will lead a walk along a possible route of the lost Wogebourne river\, its source emerged from Oxleas Wood on Shooters Hill\, the highest point in Greater South London at 132 metres. It was called in 14th century manuscripts the Wogebourne or Woghbourne becoming widely known as Plumstead River in the following centuries. However\, by the 1970’s much of the river had been enclosed just as the Westbourne had been in West London or the Fleet in the City; it had then become the Wickham Valley Waterway\, shifting names for a mysterious watercourse. \nObservation of wildlife will be encouraged as we pass through Shrewsbury Park and East Wickham Open Space. There the Wogebourne branches between and under Plumstead housing towards Abbey Wood Station\, it was exposed there during the construction of Crossrail in 2015 (opening 2018 and counting) where it is referred to in plans as a stormwater drain. The branch we will be following is through Bostall Heath and Woods into the ancient Lesnes Abbey Woods with its ponds and streams. We walk past the 11th century Lesnes Abbey ruins into the South Thamesmead Estate and to Southmere Lake. The lake was created in the late 1960’s as part of the drainage system for the new Thamesmead development; there an underground channel takes the remnants of the Wogebourne to the Thames at the Crossness Pumping Station outfall. \nJ D Swann appears courtesy of Calum F Kerr \nTerrain: Long uphill climb at Shooter’s Hill then largely downhill until Bostall Woods and Lesnes Abbey Woods in which there are several steep slopes and stairs. Oxleas Woods and Lesnes Abbey Woods after rain can be particularly muddy so appropriate footwear and weather-appropriate clothing recommended. Binoculars and Recording devices for nature are encouraged. There is a Café/WC at Oxleas Meadows\, Lesnes Abbey has a Café/WC (closes 3.30pm). All subject to Covid-19 Guidelines.
URL:https://www.inspirallondon.com/event/branches-of-the-wogebourne/
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SUMMARY:Watery Commons Deptford   
DESCRIPTION:Join InspiralLondon’s Hydrodetours in a collective exploration of Watery Commons Deptford   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet: 10am  Deptford DLR Station \nEnd: Near Canada Water overground and bus routes at 3.30pm \n5 miles – 4.5 hours (approx) \n \nJoin InspiralLondon’s Hydrodetours in a collective exploration of Deptford’s watery commons. On this walk we will meander together from the Ravensbourne River at Brookmill Park\, along Deptford Creek to the River Thames. We will encounter on the route – activists\, campaigners\, residents\, conservationists – and learn more about the layers of this unique area’s history: including social histories and recent anti gentrification battles that define the ongoing story of this historic part of London and all its watery commons. \nPlease check back nearer the time for more details – plus contributors info. \nTerrain: Flat\, maybe some steps but optional depending on the tide. \nBring: Please bring packed lunch and water – we will pass a supermarket just before lunch break\, flat comfortable shoes\, sketchbook encouraged but not essential. \nInspiralLondon will also provide some light refreshments. Donation to support activity of InspiralLondon CIC
URL:https://www.inspirallondon.com/event/watery-commons-deptford/
LOCATION:Deptford Bridge DLR\, Blackheath Road\, London\, SE8 4HP\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Urban Sound Ecology investigations Hydro/detour- Greenwich Peninsula
DESCRIPTION:Urban Sound and Hydrodetour Ecology is walk led by Soundcamp SC\, in partnership with Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Centre \nMeeting: 12 noon at Thames-Side Studios Gallery\, Thames-Side Studios (Harrington Way\, Warspite Road Royal Borough of Greenwich SE18 5NR) \nThis is a unique opportunity to visit one of London’s most intriguing ecology parks (a set of specially created ponds by the River Thames) while being introduced to the sound world broadcast through soundcamp’s pioneering work. \nMeet at Hydracity exhibition to listen to soundcamp’s live streaming and then walk along the Thames Pathway to arrive at Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park (1pm )\, to meet staff for a tour of the site and investigate the sound ecology streaming potential of this remarkable aquatic site. \nFrom 2pm-4pm Streambox workshop and install with possible Hydrophonic listening of pond ecosystems. \nThis is a walk for anyone discover the unique ecology park at Greenwich Peninsula and encounter the possibilties of sound ecology to inspire and share other sensory experiences. \nSC are an arts cooperative based in London\, Crete and the The Hague. Work explores intersections among social\, personal and environmental ecologies. SC initiated the Creative Europe small cooperation project: Acoustic Commons (2020-22)\, in partnership with arts organisations in Europe and Japan. Projects include the annual Reveil daybreak broadcast (3.3 million Twitter impressions on #Reveil2020)\, Biosphere Open Microphones (BIOM – with UNESCO) and PITCH – a project on indigenous soundworlds in development with Museum of the UN / UN Live. \nFor the workshop soundcamp will be setting up an experimental soundbox at Ecology Centre. \nFor more info on Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Centre – https://thelandtrust.org.uk/space/greenwich-ecology-park/ \n \n  \n \nAs a remote part of Hydracity Soundcamp (SC) will install an off-grid streambox or ‘Barking Box’ at Beckton Creek\, London\, where the river Roding discharges into the Thames. The device will relay live sounds to a public online platform\, where listeners can exchange impressions and responses to the stream\, via IRC chat. This will be the basis for a series of virtual and face to face listening events\, generating an extended text record of audio observations over a year.   \nThe site includes close associations and interactions between ‘natural’ features such as reedbeds\, watercourses and tidal mudflats\, and ‘cultural’ or ‘industrial’ features such as recycling\, ‘strip out’ and waste handling facilities\, the largest sewage works in Europe and the abandoned Beckton Gasworks\, where soil contamination has blocked development. Together these elements form significant edgeland habitats\, and a mix of aquatic and terrestrial ecologies.\n\nThe stream will be presented\, together with contextual materials\, as part of Hydracity in late 2021. The ‘flat ontological’ presentation of sound objects developed for the proposal will be extended into a series of large works for the wall at the Thames Studios gallery\, bringing together text and other documentation generated remotely and in situ. \n\nBarking Box continues SC’s long standing interest in using real-time sound and collective listening to tune into lesser known places and environmental objects that resist straightforward description and classification. The provisional flattening of values in relation to the site creates a space for new hearings and interpretations to emerge.\n\n\n\nThese Walk is part of Hydracity 2021-2022: \nHydrodetours Walks are integral part of InspiralLondon’s larger Hydracity project\, to explore and map the hidden\, lost or undervalued watery commons of London and the Thames Valley Delta. \nFrom September 10 – 26 September visit HYDRACITY\, an exhibition featuring the work of collectives\, community groups\, local and international artists\, all exploring this watery commons\, together. \nThames-Side Gallery (Harrington Way\, Warspite Road Royal Borough of Greenwich SE18 5NR) \nFriday 10 September 2021\, 6-9pm Exhibition opening events (all welcome) \nExhibition open Saturday Saturday 11th – Sunday 26th September 2021 \nOpening times: Thursday-Sunday\, 12 – 5pm Except Sunday 26 September open late to 6pm.
URL:https://www.inspirallondon.com/event/urban-sound-ecology-investigations-greenwich-peninsula/
LOCATION:Thames-Side Gallery\, Harrington Way\, Warspite Road Royal Borough of Greenwich\, London\, SE18 5NR\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Watery Woolwich – London’s Celtic Omphalos
DESCRIPTION:Watery Woolwich – London’s Celtic Omphalos (18 September 11am-1.30pm)\nJoin InspiralLondon’s Director and Sailor Forbes for an Hydrodetour exploration of London’s watery genesis\, around Woolwich Thameside. Starting from Thames-side Studios Gallery 11 am near to the Thames Barrier – nearest station Woolwich Docklands or Woolwich Arsenal DLR. \nA walk that will see the ghostly re-appearance of Sailor Forbes returning from the National Maritime Museum. \n \nAround the millennium\, on the edge of Woolwich’s secret city\, a new chapter of London’s history was once again being hurriedly re-buried\, under the footings being explored near to the Thames. Here on the site of the demolished Woolwich Power Station\, Sailor Forbes will guide you on a tour of London’s true centre\, the Celtic Omphalos of the pre-Roman City complex lost beneath the destructive power of this ‘civilising’ Empire. Before this glassy empire of Riverside apartments\, lay a network of pathways and waterways linking another culture\, looking out\, far and long\, down the Thames Delta toward Europe. \nSearching among the re-landscaped ground between Beresford Street and the wall of the Thames flood defences you can look up at the rising ground above the Woolwich Ferry\, near the foot tunnel exit\, and see the promontory of St Mary Magdalene Church Yard. Or turn and gaze to the East the rising ground of old Woolwich. Undoubtedly this location on the Thames\, looking out to sea\, was an ideal site for a major settlement. Located on the last stretch of river before the more unpredictable surging tide around the narrowing bend of the Isle of Dogs that low marshy ground\, formerly known as Stebunheath\, you can see far out along the Thames Delta. Alongside other oppida – on the reaches of the River Roding and those yet to be located – this walk reimagines London’s history through the lens of watery commons. And recreates a complex mapping of settlements entirely independent of the Roman foundation of London the City- as the original centres of a Celtic metropolis along the Thames – and as one part of the Druid’s geometrical mapping of Europe. \n‘Because of the constant threat from treasure-hunters\,’ the discovery had been kept secret since 1986…(now) the Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit could reveal that ‘a major fortified settlement’ had been discovered on the Woolwich Power Station site: Constructed about 250 BC\, centuries before the foundation of the City of Londinium by the Romans\, this major site on the south bank of the River Thames controlled the river for over 200 years. …The complete defensive circuit would have enclosed an area of at least 15-17 acres… dominated a wide area and was effectively the capital of the London Basin for part of the Iron Age.’ (quoted from Graham Robb’s The Ancient Paths- Discovering the Lost map of Celtic Europe\, 2013: 260-261) \n \nTimes: 11am -1.30pm Saturday 18 September. \nDeparture Point: Thames-side Gallery \nThames-Side Studios\nHarrington Way\, Warspite Road\nRoyal Borough of Greenwich\nLondon\, SE18 5NR. \nEnd Point near to ; Woolwich Arsenal DLR station – mainline\n21 Greens End\, Woolwich\nLondon\, SE18 6JY \nFor this walk of approximately 2 miles\, we will meet at Hydracity exhibition space at Thames-Side Gallery\, then walk along the Thames path to Woolwich Foot Tunnel; to then explore beneath the waterside redevelopments of Royal Arsenal\, another watery geography suggested by recent archaeological findings and the shifting silt of the Thames. \nThe walk will finish near the centre of Woolwich where you can find lunch or refreshments. Please bring suitable clothes and shoes for the walk\, and depending on the weather conditions\, suncream or water proofing. \n \n 
URL:https://www.inspirallondon.com/event/watery-woolwich-londons-celtic-omphalos/
LOCATION:Thames-Side Gallery\, Harrington Way\, Warspite Road Royal Borough of Greenwich\, London\, SE18 5NR\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Hydrodetour Marine & Green – Watery Commons in Surrey Quays
DESCRIPTION:Marine & Green with Inspiraller Keith Turpin\nWednesday 22 September 2021 – Meet at Surrey Quays to head down to the Thames via Greenland Dock. \nThis walk follows the theme of “Marine & Green”\, exploring the interplay of river\, Docks\, waterways & green spaces bound by the curving  contours of the Thames in this unique part of the city \nWe will head West around the Surrey Quays peninsula passing Surrey Docks Farm\, cut into Russia Dock woods & pick up the canal/channels to Surrey Water. \nFinally we hit the Thames again at Rotherhithe exploring the village & waterfront & cut into Southwark Park to finish our explorations of Watery Commons  at Canada Water (maybe options for Rotherhithe or onto Surrey Quays again if easier connections.) \n \nKeith is a London Walks Guide and conducts tours for the Brunel Museum\, in Rotherhithe Village. He will be joined by InspiralLondon Director Charlie Fox to talk all things Watery and Courage.
URL:https://www.inspirallondon.com/event/hydrodetour-marine-green-watery-commons-in-surrey-quays/
LOCATION:Surrey Quays Station\, Lower Road\, Rotherhithe\, London\, SE16 2UF\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210924T130000
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SUMMARY:Waterside foraging walk - East End Jam
DESCRIPTION:Join artist Clare Qualmann and InspiralLondon for a waterside foraging walk exploring the unexpectedly edible city. \nThis rambling slow walk – provides time for Waterside foraging – and is part of East End Jam\, an ongoing project to celebrate the unexpected fruitfulness of the urban environment. Come and see what fruits and berries can be found along this part of the Thames Old Woolwich Dockyard and neighbouring areas of Woolwich. \n\nDates & times Friday 24th September 1pm – 2.30pm\nMeet at Thames side Gallery\, Unit 4 Harrington Way\, Warspite Rd\, London SE18 5NR\nSuggested Donation £4 but free if you email: contact@inspirallondon.com\nAccessibility details tbu Nearest Public Transport Woolwich Docks or Woolwich DLR. There is free car parking at Thameside Studio site\, step free access and disabled toilets.\n\n \nPart of Hydracity – Hydrodetours \nHydracity invites you to observe and re-imagine London and its hinterland in new ways – to re-experience this fluid\, shifting and untamable environment. What is it that circulates beneath our feet oozing from the muddy Thames Delta? This ever-changing environment of the aqueous commons reflects something of the hydra-like city\, whose ability to rejuvenate\, offers overlapping narratives for this complex watery ecosystem. For the Gallery\, InspiralLondon collectively co-creates a unique labyrinth map that interacts with other archives\, experiences and with eight new hydrodetours.
URL:https://www.inspirallondon.com/event/waterside-foraging-walk-east-end-jam/
LOCATION:Thames-Side Gallery\, Harrington Way\, Warspite Road Royal Borough of Greenwich\, London\, SE18 5NR\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Natural Heritage Woolwich Riverside - Hydracity Community Day
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday 25 Sept (10.30-4pm) as part of Hydracity Community events – Natural Heritage Community Day joined a Carnival day in Woolwich Riverside with local walks\, hosted from the Dockyard gem – Clockhouse Community Centre: following the Natural Heritage of Woolwich Docklands with Charlie Fox (inspirallondon collective) from midday to 1.30pm; or going foraging to find fruits and edible plants for jam making workshop with Clare Qualmann’s East End Jam in the afternoon. \n\n\n\n\nJoin a day of Woolwich Riverside Community-led walking to celebrate nature\, and the natural heritage of Woolwich Old Dockyard\, along the River Thames.\n10.15 am Welcome – meet in front of the Clockhouse Community Centre\, SE18 with artist Clare Qualmann and inspirallondon team for a foraging stroll in Clockhouse locality.\n10.30-12 midday Foraging walk/s – identify and collect edible fruits and plants\, at the end of Summer\, to be made into jam. We also be visiting the Community Garden.\nLunch Break – with tasting of East End Jam & inspirallondon jam\, chutney\, jellies.\n1.30 – 4.0pm Drop in Jam making workshop – using the foraged fruits to create jam. Youcan come for an hour\, all welcome\, but children should be accompanied by an adult.\nFrom 12 midday to 1.30 Charlie Fox\, inspiral Director will lead a walk to discover and share local stories or history of Woolwich old Dockyard (we will also be foraging).\n\n \n 
URL:https://www.inspirallondon.com/event/natural-heritage-woolwich-riverside-hydracity-community-day/
LOCATION:Clockhouse Community Cente\, Defiance Walk Woolwich Dockyard\, London\, SE18 5QL
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SUMMARY:Hoo Peninsula (Watery) Soundings
DESCRIPTION:Join InspiralLondon and Ian Thompson’s Hoo Peninsula (Watery) Soundings  \nThis long exploratory walk – sounding out and listening in to this watery environment – takes you from the River  \n Medway to the Thames via Higham\, along the route of The Thames/Medway Canal\, dissecting a variety of artificial and natural landscapes teeming with life. The walk will stop at Higham around halfway for those unable to do the full days walking.  \nThe walk is approx. 12 miles. Please bring a suitable packed lunch and refreshments – with suitable clothing and footware for venturing on the edge of a marshy landscape. \n \nTimes: 25 September from 11am – 5pm \nDeparture Point – Medway at the entrance of the canal –Meet at main exit Strood Station\, Canal Road\, ME2 4DR \nEnding either halfway at Higham or at Gravesend Stations. \nExpected Duration: 4 – 6 hours
URL:https://www.inspirallondon.com/event/hoo-peninsula-watery-soundings/
LOCATION:Strood Rail Sation\, Canal Road\, Rochester\, ME2 4DR
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210926T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210926T170000
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SUMMARY:Hydrodetour: Fluid crossings and stratigraphy - Geodiversity & Art Walk
DESCRIPTION:Hydrodetour: Fluid crossings and stratigraphy – Geodiversity & Art Walk \nled by Artist Gail Dickerson and Geologist Diana Clements. \n26 September 2021 \nCrossing paths of art and geology as we walk – Hydrodetouring deep histories on our journey from Abbey Wood towards the Thames at Woolwich we will explore the colours\, textures and forms deposited by floods\, glaciers\, rivers and seas that once covered the land on our walk from Abbey Wood to the Thames Barrier. From abbeys to fossils\, discussions on chalk and glaciers\, we wind our way along the Thames passed natural sculptures and former quarries\, to marvel at earth colours and exposed layers of London’s strata\, an amazing variation laid down millions of years ago. \n \nSTART Abbey Wood Station \nThe Walk will last approximately 6 hours and toilet stops are very limited. \nBe aware that there are many ups and downs along the 7 miles (11 kilometres) and that there will be roads to cross\, some of them busy.  \nIn the woods the ground may be slippery and uneven although mostly we will be on well-trodden paths and pavements. \nStop 1 View Point at Abbey Wood \nOverview of London geology \nFlooding in the area \nThames Tideway \nStop 2 Fossil Enclosure \nAncient environment of Abbey Wood c. 55 million years ago \nWhat fossils can be found? \nStop 3 Chalky Dell \n                  Ancient environment of Abbey Wood c. 85 million years ago \nNature of Chalk \nStop 4 Conduit Pond \nThe importance of springs in the area \nWhy here? \nStop 5 Bostall Wood \nWhy is there such a steep valley? \nStop 6 Old Quarries\, Mines and Brickworks  \nMore recent history of brickmaking in the area \nHow this spot is influenced by the geology \nStop 7 The Slade \nEffects of the Ice Ages on London \n  \nLUNCH STOP Old Mill Road (Old Mill Inn & snack-bars) \n  \nStop 8 Dog Rocks \nArt\, Natural or Anthropogenic? \nStop 9 Ha-Ha and Shooters Hill \nShooters Hill\, the highest spot in South London \nWhat is it formed of and why does it stand alone? \nStop 10 Charlton Cemetery wall\, Charlton Park Lane \nThe processes and results of brickmaking \nStop 11 Gilbert’s Pit  \n                  The rocks and the pigments obtained \nComparison of the area 55 million years ago to the area in the present day \nStop 12 Thames Barrier \nWhy was it built\, and why here? \nWhat of the future? \nCrossing paths of art and geology as we walk – Hydrodetouring deep histories on our journey from Abbey Wood towards the Thames at Woolwich – artist Gail Dickerson Here and Geologist Diana Clements\, from the London Geodiversity Partnership Here\, explore the colours\, textures and forms deposited by floods\, glaciers\, rivers and seas that once covered the land on our walk from Abbey Wood to the Thames Barrier. From abbeys to fossils\, discussions on chalk and glaciers\, we wind our way along the Thames passed natural sculptures and former quarries\, to marvel at earth colours and exposed layers of London’s strata\, an amazing variation laid down millions of years ago. \nGilbert’s Pit – Old Quarry Charlton\, showing layers of sediment. (image: Gail Dickerson)\nThis walk with Artist Gail Dickerson and Geologist Diana Clements\, both from London Geodiversity Partnership provide a wonderful overview of watery commons and an exploration of fluid geological structures on which the city floats. \nStarting from Abbey Wood station\, winding through green spaces to Lesnes Abbey\, to view point to explore the fossil pit for early mammals\, discuss the chalk at Bostall Wood; then talk about the glaciers at the Slade\, see the Dog Rock natural sculptures on Plumstead Common\, view the exposed layers of London’s strata at the former quarry Gilberts Pit in Charlton\, and then head down to the Thames Barrier at Woolwich. \nWalk approx. 6 hours + Distance: 7 miles + \nStart from:     Abbey Wood Station exit 10:30 am – Abbey Wood\, Londres SE2 9PY \nLunch             Bring a pack lunch \nEnd: by Thames Barrier 16.30 pm or continue to Thameside Studios Gallery to see the Hydracity exhibition with final performance lantern walk starting 6.0 pm \nPart of Totally Thames 2021 and Hydracity (Support of Thames-Side Studios Gallery): \nHydracity invites you to observe and re-imagine London and its hinterland in new ways; to re-experience this fluid\, shifting untameable environment. What is it that circulates beneath our feet oozing from the muddy Thames? In Hydracity we create a unique labyrinth map that interacts with other works & 8 hydrodetours. This ever-changing environment of watery commons\, reflects back something of the hydra-like city\, its ability to rejuvenate\, offering overlapping narratives for a complex ecosystem.
URL:https://www.inspirallondon.com/event/hydrodetour-fluid-crossings-and-stratigraphy-geodiversity-art-walk/
LOCATION:Abbey Wood Station\, Felixstowe Road (Abbey Wood Station Exit)\, London\, SE2 9PY
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SUMMARY:Mollett and Morris’ Hydra-detour Lampshow
DESCRIPTION:Mollett and Morris’ Hydra-detour Lampshow (Meet at Thames-side Gallery from 6pm on Sunday 26 September 2021) \n \nRoll up! Roll up! Ladies and Gentlemen! Boy and Girls! For Mollett & Morris Hydra-Tour Lampshow.\nYour hosts Frog Morris and Nicole Mollett will use the ancient wizardry of magic lantern to conjure up fantastical tales of monsters\, forgotten places and satirical humour. You will not believe the wonders that await you in the watery nooks and crannies of the old Naval Docks… \nPrior to the COVID-19 lockdown\, M & M had been developing a series of guided night walks in Gravesend and Ebbsfleet using hand-held magic lanterns adapted with modern battery powered LED light to project outdoors onto pavement\, tunnels\, walls and buildings. During these lampshows we recreated the lost Rosherville Pleasure Gardens with exotic plants and animals and surprising guest appearances by long lost music hall entertainers such as – Little Titch’s Big Boot Danc or Shrimp impersonator Herr Von Joel. For Woolwich we create a similar guided walk inspired by the water-rich history of this Naval area – War Ships\, Explorers\, Merchants and Buccaneers\, at one time they all passed this way searching for adventure. \n \nA live performance walking tour to take place outdoors after dark\, meeting at an agreed time. The performance can involve audience interaction making sound effects and using small handheld projectors. We will assess the safety of this and make changes dependent on the COVID risk-levels. The lanterns project images 1m – 3m in height from a distance or 2 – 3m. \nThe Art of the Magic Lantern is a collaborative live art project by Nicole Mollett and Frog Morris which re-purposes pre-cinema projection equipment to create new live performance pieces for contemporary audiences. Hand painted illustrations and Victorian-era photographs are projected into dark spaces accompanied by live storytelling. \nTimes: 6.30-8pmish Sunday 26 September \nDeparture Point: Thames-side Gallery\, Thames-Side Studios\, Harrington Way\, Warspite Road\, Royal Borough of Greenwich\, London\, SE18 5NR. \nEnd; near Woolwich Foot Tunnel – short walk through old Naval Dock Yards to finish near Fish and chips/ Woolwich Arsenal DLR station \nMore on Lampshow website
URL:https://www.inspirallondon.com/event/mollett-and-morris-hydra-detour-lampshow/
LOCATION:Thames-Side Gallery\, Harrington Way\, Warspite Road Royal Borough of Greenwich\, London\, SE18 5NR\, United Kingdom
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