‘cene Magazine - Chatham, Kent, UK

Following a successful debut in 2020, Electric Medway returns this summer with an ambitious 10-day arts programme held in a variety of locations, with free-to-see artworks and activities including virtual reality, streamed performances, animation, projection, and sound.

Electric Medway is produced by the Chatham-based arts organisation, SparkedEcho, which produces digital and site-specific work, using technology, music, and art in local communities. It is also a Creative Estuary Co-commission – the initiative which aims to showcase 60 miles of the North Kent and South Essex region as one of the UK’s most dynamic and creative areas in the whole of the UK.

The central theme for this year’s festival is Synchronised, with commissioned artists making brand new digital work that explores how people create order in their lives during times of chaos – something many of us can relate to at the current time.

[[even a stopped clock is right twice a day]] by Ashford’s Sophie Stone and Michèle Saint-Michel from Kansas City, Missouri, is a split-screen installation exploring repeated rituals and routines made during the pandemic. It invites the audience to make a choice - which screen do you look at? This can be seen at The Grand Magazine, Fort Amherst.

Read the full article: https://cenemagazine.co.uk/news/2021/6/4/electric-medway-arts-2021