The City to Sea project brings together artists, photographers and urbanists to present visual projects and sociological research exploring how regeneration and planning processes, tourism, migration, collective memory, visual archives and arts interventions can transform social perceptions and geographical links between cities, coastal towns and surrounding regions worldwide.

The City to Sea project developed from the artistic practice of Rebecca Locke whose recent work (Brooklyn / Bognor, Gold junk) explores her relationship with her hometown, Bognor Regis - a seaside resort of faded glory in South East England. Interest at Goldsmiths, University of London in this project developed into the concept of City to Sea, culminating with the 2011 symposium, curated by Rebecca Locke and David Kendall. In summer 2011 a series of visual arts workshops exploring the themes outlined above were held across South East England in Bognor Regis, Margate, Hastings and Southend.

Locke and Kendall continue to generate new creative partnerships including a series of photographic workshops led by experienced photographers from Magnum Photos, in conjunction with practitioners affiliated with the City to Sea project.

In 2013 the City to Sea project will be extended to include site-specific projects, film screenings, presentations and workshops exploring self-identity, memory, place making and regeneration processes within coastal towns.

Rebecca Locke

Lives and works in New York, USA. Born in the UK, Rebecca Locke
is based in New York City, USA which has proved formative in the development of her installation art, film, photographic, sound and performance-based artwork. She is a graduate of Goldsmiths, University of London, and has studied at the International Center of Photography and the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She is a visiting fellow at CUCR, Goldsmiths, University of London, and co-founder of NYC Salt. Rebecca exhibits internationally and recent exhibitions include the Festival de la Imagen, Manizales, Columbia and the first Bienal de Fotografía, Lima, Peru, which featured the artist's video and sound series Lugares qui fui and Wilder's Car. The artist is currently working on her latest artworks: The Princess Leia Heroes project, Ode to an Unknown Face (Thirty assorted family photos with added strangers), and a series based on William Blake.
www.rebeccalocke.com

David Kendall

David Kendall’s practice explores how spatial, economic and design initiatives, as well as participatory practices, combine to encourage social and spatial interconnections or conflict in cities. Kendall utilises conversations, visual archives, collective memories, mapping, events and embodied experiences to activate and generate his photographic, film and site-specific projects. His photographs, spatial research and collaborative projects have been exhibited and presented internationally including Tate Britain, the South Bank Centre London, Københavns Universitet, Denmark, Jüdisches Museum Berlin and University of Oxford, UK. Kendall is a visiting fellow within the Centre for Urban and Community Research, Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London.
www.david-kendall.co.uk