A three-day international gathering bringing together creative thinkers and doers to explore physically and figuratively our watery worlds and fluid states.

Another in the acclaimed series of international gatherings of artists and other thinkers produced by Dartington-based art.earth At this creative summit we will explore watery worlds and the state of being liquid; we will speak of water as an element in and of transition. Water on the move with places to go; water as muse; water as a wild, uncontrolled element of the sublime; water as solid or gas; water as a boundary, as edgeland; water as an ecological healer or indicator of environmental distress; water as an agent of immersion, as a former of landscapes, stronger than rock; water as mediator of political power and cultural agency. Drought.

Although many of those attending will be artists or creators, we welcome all voices to this event. There will be a particular focus on watery science; opening keynote speaker Tristan Gooley explores how we can read water, sea and river landscapes, and on Day 2 astronomer Prof. Paul Murdin OBE will explore water landscapes on other planets in liquid, gaseous and frozen states.

Sea and river swimming is another important thread running through the symposium. Our other opening keynote speaker, artist-swimmer Amy Sharrocks has been involved with organising many unique swimming events in and around London, and elsewhere. Alice Gartland (A Lotus Rises) is also a key voice amongst the swimming community. A round table towards the end of the event will include numerous contributions from significant voices in the swimming community in a part of the world where sea and river swimming are part of the lives of many.

Read the programme.

Booking is now open. Places are now quite limited.

Join us for this residential week as we continue our explorations of relationship with landscape and liquidscape –– part of art.earth’s compelling new programme of short courses. Swimming: labour of imagination is facilitated by artist / swimmer Kari Furre and artist / swimmer Nancy Sinclair.

Five intensive days all about being in the water and exploring how creative work and creativity can be empowered, supported and inspired by the physical experience of water, and swimming in particular.

You will spend time in the water: in the River Dart and in various nearby seas, such as Start Bay and Lannacombe Bay. This will include swimming in the gloaming, swimming as meditation, swimming technique and tips, partying by the sea and throughout exploring your creative responses to water and to being in it.

If you have an interest in swimming and in creative practice (whether or not you are a regular practitioner in either area), then this course is for you.

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Listen to an eclectic mix of sound, music, interviews, and news. Presented alternatively by Laura Denning and Richard Povall. Listen li

Listen to an eclectic mix of sound, music, interviews, and news. Presented alternatively by Laura Denning and Richard Povall. Listen li