Credit: Rotimi Fani- Kayode
Art in Romney Marsh presented the work of artists that have made an outstanding contribution to British Contemporary Art History.
Breathing Out celebrated and honoured their legacy and with kind permission from respective estate representatives, we presended their images as large scale billboard installations in four churchyards. We are grateful to the church guardians and to Arts Council England for supporting us to achieve our ambitions.
The work of these artists challenges notions of a fixed cultural identity using photography/lens based media as a tool for exploring the dynamics of private and public, personal and political, past and present. Each artist has significantly contributed to the development and use of photography and film as a method of exploring the complexities of reality. The lens has historically been identified as the vehicle for truth and objectivity. These artists have expanded upon those fixed perceptions to develop the medium and explore and experiment with the conventions of documentary and portrait photography using exciting and exploratory methodologies.
All the artworks were exhibited outside and produced at large scale. Current restrictions and need for extra safety measures has created a new set of challenges.
At the heart of Art in Romney Marsh is the desire to support visitors to enjoy Romney Marsh and its medieval churches through an imaginative artist-led exploration.
Find out more about the artists:
Rotimi Fani-Kayode - St Georges Church, Ivychurch
Rose Finn-Kelcey - St Thomas a Becket’s Church, Fairfield
Fay Godwin - St Clement’s Church, Old Romney
Khadija Saye - St Georges Church, Ivychurch
Maud Sulter - St Augustin’s Church, Brookland
EVENTS
Wool weaving workshop with Yee Chuan Mayhew
Saturday 9 October 2 - 4pm
St Georges Church, Ivychurch
Getting Here
The AiRM visual arts festival benefits greatly by the close proximity of the churches, the sites are within a tranquil, magical and unspoilt 10 mile radius that spans across Denge marsh and Walland marsh.
This area of marshland can be easily accessed by train, steam railway, road and bicycle, perfect for a day or weekend of relaxing and exploring.
getting to… St Mary in the Marsh TN29 0BX
By car, using Google maps/ SatNav, via A259 that runs between Rye and Folkestone
By Train nearest train station Appledore or Hamstreet (Brighton to Ashford line) you need a bike to get from here as limited public transport
By Bus via 101 102 from Lydd to Hastings.
By miniature steam railway RHDR from Hythe to Dungeness nearer station is New Romney of a request stop at St Mary’s Bay
Thank you to Visit South East England