OUR RIVERBED 

Installation: 4K Video & Audio. Mixed Media Sculpture: Fabric, Paper, Pigment, River Water and River Mud, Wood & Wire. 2025

 

A larger-scale installation created for the Richmond Arts and Ideas festival in June 2025. A study of the interrelationship between people and the riverbed, a site-specific installation; Sophie created some of the work on site near the Isleworth Ait, a section of the tidal River Thames. The work evokes the composition of the riverbed including the soil, rocks and wildlife and the changes associated with the climate crisis; which is disrupting the rivers natural flow patterns, and the human-caused pollution like sewage and plastic waste that impacts the river health and water quality. I often use a participatory approach to promote community engagement, and for this installation I enlisted the help of different community groups including a group of Kingston College Students.