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"Sculpture, storytelling and soundscapes have illuminated UK beaches from
Scotland to Norfolk in a month-long arts festival celebrating the beauty of our
coastlines, and highlighting their fragility in the face of climate change.
Beach of Dreams, backed by Historic England and Art Council England and
presented by arts charity Kinetika, ran from May to 1 June featuring eight
commissioned art works.
It kicked off in Tilbury, home to the so-called ‘beach of broken dreams’ – a
stretch of foreshore on the Thames Estuary that’s awash with debris dating back
to Roman times – and concluded in Great Yarmouth.
Works included a 100-metre tidal sculpture built by artist Julie Brooks who
worked alongside communities in Fife, a photo exhibition shedding light on
hidden marine habitats in south Tyneside, and a sonic treasure hunt of coastal
sounds captured around Colwyn Bay.
The
Beach of Dreams silks formed a national artwork made up of 838 naturally
dyed silk pennants, each representing a personal story of someone’s connection
with the coast. In Findhorn, Scotland, arts producer Findhorn Bay Arts worked
with artist Amy Neville of community focused arts organisation Naturally
Useful, artist Eve Mosher and the Wild Things! Environmental Education in
Action charity to guide local people into making the pennants.
More than 50 people took part in workshops to design and produce the
batik-decorated art works, inspired by the flora and fauna of the nearby coast,
before joining in a final promenade from Burghead to Findhorn. “The ocean
reminds me that everything is always in change,” wrote one of the Findhorn
participants. “I am shaped. And also, there is a consistency in the hug of the
sea. I breathe in. I breathe out.”
Although the main event has run its course, there’s still time to catch the
grand finale in Dorset this September when an immersive visual art performance
will weave its way through audiences on Weymouth beach as part of the Inside
Out Dorset festival.
“Through
Beach of Dreams, we are journeying from the Beach of Broken Dreams
in Thurrock to shine a spotlight on the coastal gems, organisations, people and
projects across the UK that are creating positive change and inspiring hope,”
said Kinetika artistic director Ali Pretty."
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