A Thames estuary airport; Kent artists illustrate the inconvenient truths. New Art Centre, Chatham.
Alarmed by the visual propaganda generated by Foster & Partners of a Thames estuary airport, a group of nine north Kent artists (NO THAMES AIRPORT ARTISTS GROUP) have come together to cut through the spin and visualise the case against such a development in a new exhibition that opens at the Nucleus Art Gallery in Chatham on Friday 30th March. The aim of the “Beauty or the Beast” exhibition is to examine the issues visually, demonstrate how life changing a hub airport would be and also to show what we stand to lose as a community should the airport be built. Through painting, posters, photography and video the exhibition will give a snapshot of what the Thames and Medway estuary means to their communities and highlight the devastation an airport twice the size of Heathrow would have on the health and quality of life, which are issues airbrushed out of the Foster & Partners visuals.
Everybody is welcome to attend the opening night, which starts at 7pm.