Our project
We are thrilled to announce the return of Living Coast, our exhibition inspired by the South Holderness coastline and its resilient communities across time. This time, we bring the exhibition back to where it all began: Kilnsea—at Sue and Andrew Wells’ brick barn at Westmere Farm (June 19th to 24th). This location is not just […]
on 18 June 2024
Thanks to Sam Hawcroft, Editor of the Holderness Gazette, for this lovely preview feature article on our exhibition Living Coast – shortly coming to Westmere Farm, Kilnsea.
on 13 June 2024
When the land has gone, but a place lives on through its people, we can still make maps—drawn from their memories. This sentiment lies at the heart of Living Coast, our latest exhibition at Humber Street Gallery, which opens today and runs until June 16th. The exhibition invites visitors to explore the profound connection between […]
on 8 June 2024
The flat, empty landscape of Spurn and the south Holderness is rather misleading, given the depth and variety of stories surrounding the region. The oral history section of the South Holderness Eco-Arts Project was a way, then, to record and share just a fraction of those stories and experiences belonging to the communities here; after […]
on 18 May 2024
Thanks to Rebecca Hannant for this lovely review of our second performance of Between Two Tides in this week’s Holderness Gazette
on 16 May 2024
At today’s final performance of Between Two Tides smiles rippled through the audience as carefully constructed seabirds held aloft by our performers swooped into the hands of some delighted pupils from Easington Church of England Primary Academy. It was a gesture which reflected how we can find connections with each other, and across generations, through […]
on 10 May 2024
Today, we concluded the first day of performances for Between Two Tides with members of the local community. These shared events have been designed as both a celebration of the South Holderness coastline and a reflection on its people’s deep connection to the landscape. Site-specific, eco-arts performance, as we have learned throughout this project, uniquely […]
on 9 May 2024
Today, we had another site visit, and our reflections returned to the transient nature of the South Holderness landscape. As arts researchers, we’re increasingly aware of how this fragile environment is not merely a backdrop to our work, but rather a living entity in constant negotiation with forces beyond our control—forces that are both longstanding […]
on 7 May 2024
Spurn Point transect walk done, wet clothes dried and feet warmed up, the next question is: how to use this sound-material as the basis for a composition? And this then prompts further questions about how to treat those sounds (which is partly an ethical issue), what do those sounds do in terms of prompting (or demanding) further […]
on 30 April 2024
Today, our site-specific work brought to life the intricate dance between nature and human achievement through a series of material creations and physical movements. The design team brought to site for the first time eight rod-puppets representing the little tern birds that nest here annually in Beacon Lagoons. These delicate puppets were crafted from ‘withies’—tough […]
on 26 April 2024