Re-Kindling - Royal Docks Originals
Comissioned by Royal Docks Originals & DASH ARTS
in collaboration with Marie Horner.
in collaboration with Marie Horner.
Rekindling explores the metamorphosis of the Royal Docks. Built during the Industrial Revolution as the largest enclosed docks in the world,this project was commissioned by Royal Docks Originals and DASH ARTS to create four soundscape compositions for the Royal Docks Originals festival diffused across the Royal Docks, (London), and attended by 10,000 people at a one-off live event. It used Eastside Community Heritage's oral history archive and a parallel engagement strand that collected new voices from the local community through a partnership with Community Links Studios. The assets were designed for two distinct contexts: a live diffusion at the Royal Docks Originals event and a reformatted presentation at The Pump House, Royal Docks, London, for accessibility purposes.
Participants + Credits:
Creative Director: Jonathan Holloway
Associate Directors (Soundscape and Music): Josephine Burton and Cristina Catalina, Dash Arts
For The Record (soundscape testimonies): Eastside Community Heritage and Community Links
Soundscape: Sound Artists - James Wilkie and Marie Horner ; Dramaturg - Josephine Burton ; Violinist - Ruby Colley
For The Record contributors: Delia Barker; Andrew Christy; Bryan Collier; Sean Thomas Doyle; Alfred Ford; Kathleen Hall; Danielle Hambrook; Mary Hunt; Sandra Keith; Faisa Malek; Alan Mead; Thomas Sedgwick; Marline Walker; Jay, Alex, Ola and Joel Lees from Community Links; members of the Newham Chinese Association; ReInsTate at Tate Institute; Ascension Community Trust; From Beats to Legacy Music; Links Media College; Forest Gate Community Garden; Chatty Café at Cornerstone Community Hub; Craft & Chill Sundays with artist Momtaz Begum-Hossain at Well Bean Café; Youth Club at Britannia Village Community Hall; Women’s group at Royal Wharf Community Dock; Coffee Morning at Custom House library; Knit and Natter at Manor Park Library; Children’s & Parents at Green Street Library; Coffee Morning group at North Woolwich Library; local residents at East Ham library.