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Channelsea River
Blanc Sceol (Stephen Shiell & Hannah White)
Latitude: +51.530221346564645°
Longitude: +0.00031950402307856507°
Close to the black poplar tree, on the banks of the Channelsea river in Newham, London, at the Long Wall Ecology Garden, set up by Stephen Shiell and Hannah White and part of Surge Cooperative. The river is capped close to the stream site creating an area of tidal mud flats.
The Channelsea river in Newham has a meandering past of industry and contamination and yet sustains a quiet backwater flow for many life forms, revealing its secrets to those willing to explore. It’s been culveted and infilled, its flow now coming to an end just past Channelsea Island.
The streambox is initiated by artists Stephen Shiell and Hannah White, who are members of Surge Cooperative, and forms part of their ongoing research and collaboration with the cooperative on the Channelsea river and its surroundings, exploring methodologies of care and restoration for the river and its inhabitants.
Surge Cooperative is working to rejuvenate the Channelsea, and the wider tidal River Lea, with cooperative moorings and community engagement, proposing common actions with those connected to the river or local to the area, and encouraging collective efforts to protect and celebrate its rich natural heritage.
www.blancsceol.co.uk
www.surge.coop
The streambox is initiated by artists Stephen Shiell and Hannah White, who are members of Surge Cooperative, and forms part of their ongoing research and collaboration with the cooperative on the Channelsea river and its surroundings, exploring methodologies of care and restoration for the river and its inhabitants.
Surge Cooperative is working to rejuvenate the Channelsea, and the wider tidal River Lea, with cooperative moorings and community engagement, proposing common actions with those connected to the river or local to the area, and encouraging collective efforts to protect and celebrate its rich natural heritage.
www.blancsceol.co.uk
www.surge.coop