Deep Time Walk at Steart Marshes
Join artist Ralph Hoyte for an exploration of Steart Marshes through deep time.
Experience Steart Marshes from 250 million years ago, through to the present day and on to 1000 years into the future.
Date: Sunday 4th October
Time: 10.00am-11.30am, 12.30pm-2.00pm, 3.00pm-4.30pm
Cost: £5 suggested donation to support our work, booking is essential.
The Steart Marshes Deep Time Walk is a soundart walk across the Steart landscape led by Ralph Hoyte. We will start at Steart Marshes 250 million years ago, trundling through to the present and marching on at least 1000 years into the future. We will walk as a group, experiencing the soundart through a GPS-triggered autonomous speaker unit. At the conclusion you will be able to download the walk to your personal smartphone to enjoy again at leisure or to share with friends and family.
Note: this is an authentically-based work of soundart inspired by Steart Marshes, not a natural-historical-geological guide. You do not need to bring any headphones etc. If you bring your smartphone you will be able to download the soundart to your smartphone on the spot (signal permitting); information on how to do this later at home will be provided.
This workshop is suitable for all ages.
Please note – we will be walking around the nature reserve, so dress accordingly, sturdy shoes are recommended.
Where to meet: In the main WWT car park at Steart Marshes, Stert Drove, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2PU.
About the artist: Ralph Hoyte is poet-in-residence for JUSTLANZ - Just transformation of food-farming systems. He is a Visiting Fellow at the University of the West of England Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries and Education. Ralph is also a Resident of the Pervasive Media Studio in Bristol. The studio is a creative technologies collaboration with Watershed, University of the West of England and University of Bristol.
Ralph's website: https://ralphhoyte.org/
Please contact info.steart@wwt.org.uk with any questions.
These workshops form part of the Steart: Connecting Coastal Communities Project, made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players, we are creating opportunities in the heart of the local community designed to deepen engagement with saltmarsh and wetlands.
