Invasion 2

 October 2007

The Castle Gallery , Queenborough.         

“The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.”

 Sheppey is the only part of England, which in the 17^th century was been invaded and surrendered to a foreign force, the Dutch Navy. It was held for the period of two weeks, 4000 sheep were taken but none of the women. To celebrate this odd history Locals had a festival to re-enact the events called Sea Sheppey. Local artists teamed up with Dutch artists to run a series of workshops to make temporary public art. These artworks are now being exhibited in the Castle Gallery for the month of October.

Blue and White by José Den Hartog Dutch Delftware ceramics mural.

Mapping from Memory by Agnieszka Mlicka A map constructed of Sheppey and the Netherlands

Sailing Letters  by Karien Van Assendelft Sound work involving historic letters.

Fallen Stars by Debbie Randell Organic sculpture time based work.

Fallen Stars By Debbie Randell

Queenborough Locals reading the Sailing Letters