SILTings is a creative programme featuring new artworks and performances created in response to the rich heritage, forgotten stories and hidden histories of Gravesham riverfront. Filaments Art Collective were commissioned by LV21 to produce work for this programme for installation on their historic light vessel moored at Gravesend. The work is available to view during the weekend of 4, 5, 6 June as part of Estuary Festival 2021 Associate programme.
My inspiration for this work was the semiotic language of safety communications used on the waterways. The work references the imagery of the nautical flags used to communicate vital information to water traffic; from the International Code of Signals, understood globally by seafaring vessels, to the Port of London Authority ebb tide flag system used to convey the fluvial flow of the River Thames. A series of flags and safety signage will be hoisted up aboard LV21 for people to view from the shoreside.
