FORESHORE

FORESHORE: SET Woolwich

Opening Night: 10th April 6-10pm

Opening Times: 11th-27th April 12-5pm

FORESHORE is a group exhibition showing a multitude of works which explore personal and collective connections to bodies of water and the central lifeline of our city: the River Thames. 

Through expansive mediums, the artists concoct a series of homages to the river, delving into its rich history, materiality and symbolism. 

As well as examining the Thames foreshore as a site of social and political significance; the exhibition considers its tributaries as liminal spaces to roam, for reflection and creation – water is explored viscerally through ritual and alchemy. 

The breadth of responses invites us to see our city’s river – its tides, banks and surroundings areas – as a space we collectively own, for which we have a duty of care, to protect and honour, and acknowledge those for whom it flowed before and the future mudlarks, wanderers and admirers. 

Woolwich is an area saturated with industrial history and ties to the river. FORESHORE will take place overlooking the Thames, a view increasingly shrouded by the continual construction of new developments. Developers have an increasing monopoly on the riverside landscape. We hope this show will celebrate the real depth and breadth of the Thames and it’s history and future as a space for memory, joy, resistance, creation and contemplation. ‘