The Cultureship
Zatorski and Zatorski have been directors of The Cultureship since 2013, a not-for-profit Community Interest Company that they founded to produce, commission and curate high-impact artworks with a maritime context. The Cultureship is a cultural catalyst, that encourages inter-disciplinary collaboration and promotes engagement with our collective cultural and maritime history.
Thames Festival
As directors in 2013, Zatorski + Zatorski curated the Thames Festival, bringing for the first time a fine art focus to the festival with 5 interlinked projects by leading contemporary artists.
Adrift – by Hew Locke
Hew Locke sited a large-scale sculptural installation in the mariners’ chapel of All Hallows by the Tower. Adrift comprises a twelve foot painted boat, embellished with plastic flowers and assorted trinkets, which took its place in the light-filled Mariner’s Chapel alongside the other votive boats and historical memorials. Located within sight of the Upper Pool of London and adjacent to Trinity House, All Hallows is the oldest church in the City of London, one with strong links to the waterman and shipping industry of London and which houses the Memorial Book for “those lost at sea with no known grave.”
The Deluxe River Cruise – by Doug Fishbone
“Join artist Doug Fishbone on a unique guided cruise along the Thames – a journey through both the heart of the city and his own mildly warped imagination. Fishbone’s super Deluxe River Cruise includes live commentary and a fabulous slide show accompaniment designed to enrich your experience of the psycho-geography of London as never before, enabling you to see London and its attractions from an altogether different perspective. No matter how many times you’ve toured the river, you’ll enjoy the city’s best-loved sights and appreciate his distinctive perspective.”
Portrait of a River – by Nikolaj Larsen
The video work ‘Portrait of a River’ weaves together fragments and traces of the people and the places that define the character of the Thames Estuary. It also dives into the history of the Thames and its transformation from being an incredibly busy industrial river with several working ports, to the river we know today. The work consists of several self-contained video-chapters with a duration of between 40 seconds and six minutes that are played back in a random order.
The Thames (from London Bridge, Arizona to Sheerness, Canada) – by Layla Curtis
Layla Curtis re-invented the visual geography of the river by creating an original artwork: a collaged map constructed from cutting and pasting locations from existing international maps and reconstructing them to form the familiar outline of the Thames. The map, which re-imagines the section of the river from the Pool of London at Tower Bridge to Sea Reach at the mouth of the Thames estuary, is made in 10 separate sections.
The Last of the Watermen – by David Kew
The film “The Last of the Watermen” is a fascinating exploration of the River Thames seen through the eyes of one of its longest serving watermen and lightermen.
Lower Reach Sounding
A performance by Richard Wilson RA for the closing weekend of London 2012