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31 May 2018

New Geographies artists chosen for East's 'overlooked places'

Ten artists from across the globe have been chosen to creatively transform "forgottenand overlooked" corners of the East of England.

Members of the public were asked to nominate unexplored places, with more than 270landmarks and sites suggested.

The chosen commissions include a film about Tilbury's disused station and an LGBT ramblingclub for the coast.

The East Contemporary Visual Arts Network (ECVAN) described the winners as a "cohesivegroup of artists".

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Last year, ECVAN asked for ideas from across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex,Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk to inspire visual art.

The Arts Council England-funded project - known as New Geographies - was designed togive "an opportunity to encounter excellent art in unexpected places" delivered by the end of2019.

The artists chosen include Brighton-based David Blandy, who will create a work with the floraand fauna of Canvey Island based on Dungeons & Dragons, and Cooking Sections, who willbase a work about flood risk in response to the concrete "pyramid" structures in the sea offGreat Yarmouth.

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Donna Lynas, ECVAN chairwoman, said artists responded to the locations "with their ownpersonal histories and narratives".

"We have a cohesive group of artists who make a strong statement about valuing people asthe starting point for art commissioning, with many different approaches".

The project - using £600,000 of Arts Council funding - also involves nine galleries andmuseums across the region.

Arts Council England area director Hedley Swain said seeing so many nominations "putpeople who live in and around these places right at the heart of the work".

The 10 artists and their projects:

Maria Anastassiou - a film about the refugee and migrant connections to Tilbury railwaystation, Essex

David Blandy - a work inspired by the insects and wildlife of Canvey Island based oncomputer game Dungeons & Dragons

Cooking Sections (Daniel Fernandez Pascual and Alon Schwabe) - research-basedproject about the east's coastal flood risk

Ian Giles - a rambling club for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people,taking in Colchester, Great Yarmouth, Cambridge and Norwich

Krijn de Koning - sculpture to be created inspired by nominations including the tree stump


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corner in Verulamium Park, St Albans

Taylor Le Melle and Zadie Xa - to transform dormant beaches along the North Norfolkcoast

Susan Pui San Lok - series of works based on the history of "witchcraft" across the east

Studio Morison (Heather Peak and Ivan Morison) - sculpture to be created in The Fens inCambridgeshire

Stuart Whipps - film based on the design and development of post-war new towns,including Stevenage and Harlow

Laura Wilson - looking at ancient forms of craft through research at Must Farm nearPeterborough

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