The Push and The Pull was our 2022 co-commission with Whitstable Biennale. Artist Ben Judd created the new site-specific work in partnership with local community groups, developing themes of belonging and not belonging, engagement and estrangement. Over five days in June, The Edith May, an historic Thames sailing barge, travelled between Queenborough …
We Are Medway Lantern Parade Friday 11 February 2022 Xtina Lamb from INTRA Arts and Chris Reed from Big Fish Arts designed and created lanterns themed around ‘Home, Belonging, Love and Respect’ with the help pupils from 17 schools across Medway. The parade moved through a crowded Rochester High Street and finished at Rochester Castle. …
How to take part If you’re interested in taking part and you live in Swale or Medway, contact Sarah by email: sarah@ideastest.co.uk. You can also leave Sarah a message by calling 01634 477371 and we’ll call you back. 2021 Taster Sessions In late 2021 we hosted five Taster Session across Medway and Swale that …
The Story of You Me Us “Once again, Ideas Test is here for the communities of Medway and Swale and is addressing the problems of loneliness and isolation, matters which are detrimentally affecting all age groups… In providing a programme devoted not only to the highlighting of these matters there is so much in it …
Morpheus is an interactive storytelling website. The story is created and told by the students of The Will Adams Centre in their voice, with their art and creations. It was made remotely during lockdown and premiered as part of Art31‘s BounceBack Festival in June 2021. Morpheus was also showcased as part of Electric Medway – …
In April 2020, artist Nicole Mollett showed us how to make puppets out of everyday things. May saw Sadie Hennessy open the Lockdown Collage Club with old photos, magazines and cereal boxes. In June Debbie Sowter helped us chill out with some Singing & Voice Therapy. And in July 2020, our final …
“Over the 2 years, I’ve grown from someone who loves singing but doubts their ability into someone that (with the right songs and support) is happy and confident to share the beauty of amazing songs with an audience” Sea Folk Sing Workshop Participant (Gillingham), 2019 Sea Folk Sing was created to combat social isolation and …
Hopes & Dreams was originally created to be in-person workshops that recycled people’s plastic shopping bags into colourful festive decorations. Plans changed in 2020, and we decided that this would be a great project for people to while we were all in Lockdown. The theme Hopes & Dreams was a look towards brighter days, no …
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Ideas Test’s Commission We commissioned local poet and performer Neelam Saredia-Brayley to write a poem. The result is We Are Masterpieces. The poem looks back on 2020, a year none of us expected. It describes the sadness and the challenges we all faced and offers hope to all of us in Medway, Swale and the …
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