Rochester Riverside Phases 1 & 2

Phases 1 & 2 - In 2018 I was commissioned by FrancisKnight Arts Consultancy, Countryside Properties (UK) Ltd and The Hyde Group, to make work for Phases 1 & 2 of the Rochester Riverside Development. I am working in creative collaboration with project consultants BPTW Architects, LUC & FrancisKnight Art Consultants. I am engaging with the site via contextual artworks in cast iron and granite, embedded into footpaths to houses and threshold strips to apartment blocks. My contextual research focussed primarily on the rich industrial heritage & legacy of the Rochester Riverside site. Much of this information was found within the archives and collections of Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre at Strood. I have also consulted with other notable local agencies and organisations, such as Rochester Cathedral Library, the Guildhall Museum and John K Austin, a local Artist, writer and historian. I am now working in collaboration with specialist manufacturers Hargreaves Foundry in Halifax and Hardscape in Bolton to manufacture and deliver the work to site.