Nadia Perrotta, MA Fine Art, School of Music & Fine Art, who was awarded a grant of £5,000 from the University of Kent Student Projects Grant Scheme for her project Wetlands Hub, has organised film screenings, art workshop and installations inspired and shaped by the Medway expanse, with the first event on Tuesday 15 March.
Says Nadia, “Wetlands is an art project initiated in 2015, inspired by the powerful metaphor of a possible memory retained and preserved by the waters. The aim of the project is for students and alumni of the University of Kent to involve and interact with local communities living in proximity of waters, recreating a dialogue between them, their maritime history and the wetland landscape.
For Wetlands 2016, we are running film workshops with young people, in collaboration with Youth Centres of Hoo St Werburgh, Chattenden and Grain. Students from School of Music and Fine Art will create video and sound works from the documentation collected.”
Exhibiting Artists Include:
Andrew Isaiah·Cyprus | Fabio di Santo · Italy | Josè Fernandez-Levy · Mexico | Nicola Baxter · UK | Abi Mackay · UK | Ayda Majd · Iran | Daniel Owusu · Ghana | Nadia Perrotta · Italy | Rose Sizer · UK | Lalita Baily · UK | And The Young People of Hoo Peninsula
Programme:
15th March 10.30 – 12.30 Film Screening – Grain Library
3 – 5pm Film Screening – Hoo Library
16th March from 10am. Film Installations – Brook Theatre & Sun Pier House
17th March 10.30 – 3.30pm. Film Installations – Sun Pier House
17th March 11 – 1pm. Film Screening – Wigmore Library
18th March 10.30 – 1pm. Film Screening – Lordswood Library
24th March 6.30 – 8.30pm. Closing Event – Royal Dockyard Church, Historic Dockyard Chatham
Wine Reception with presentation of film and sound works by the Wetlands project team, followed by an insight into the project’s development.
Contacts:
Website: http://wetlandsmedway.jimdo.com
Email: wetlandsmedway@gmail.com
Facebook: Wetlands Hoo
Twitter: @wetlands_medway