Join us on the 30th March 2024 for an ephemeral, and intimate experience of Marissa Stoffers sculptural and sensory work on board Barge FIODRA on the River Lea.
The artist invites you to float.
You will be suspended in time with the surrounding cityscape filtered out to immerse our senses and invoke our innate connection to nature and the plant kingdom.
The artist created the work in response to an encounter with rare Black Poplar trees on the River Lea during a micro Hinterlands Enfield residency in 2023 for the Canal & River Trust. As part of the residency the artist hiked along the Lee Navigation for two days, starting from where the upper river surfaces next to Waulud’s Bank (an earthwork possibly neolithic and dating back to 3000 BC) in Luton. During this walk, the artist experienced the transforming ecologies that the river runs through, collecting sounds and observing the plant and animal species living along its banks.
The installation on Barge FIODRA which is a unique wide beamed boat emulates the artist's lens and observation during her River Lea residency that the canal has an incredible ability to filter and mute the enveloping density of the built environment and noise pollution just metres away - that bombards us daily.
Marissa Stoffers practice fosters an intimate connection with the non-human world, embodying a way of life and artistic expression. The artist who is interested in ecology and plant lore stayed on board Barge FIODRA during her residency to explore the practice of foraging for colour, where the artist creates dyes and pigments from plants and minerals collected during walks. This ancient, slow craft process- innate and learned through time spent in the Amazon RainForest enables the artist to study plant species, particularly trees with a deep understanding of how their stories intertwine with our cosmologies, evolution, and connection to place.
Time slots
Booking advised
1 adult permitted at a time or 1 adult and 2 children if families to maximise the immersion and intimate experience
Timeslots (11am, 11.30am, 12pm, 12.30pm, 1pm, 2pm, 2.30pm, 3pm, 3.30pm, 4pm, 4.30pm, 5pm)
Location
Fiodra will be moored on the towpath 50m north of Tottenham Locks.
6 minutes walk from Tottenham Hale Station on the Victoria Line and Overground Rail Lines.
11 minutes from Enfield Lock Station to Tottenham Hale by train.
Closest pay car park off Lebus Street, N17 9FD.
