Ness

Ness is an immersive, 360 audio work, GPS located in the landscape at the ex-MOD site at Gunners Park, Shoeburyness. 

Writer Robert Macfarlane, theatre-maker Zoë Svendsen and sound designer Carolyn Downing have collaborated to stage a re-imagining of Robert’s book, Ness (Hamish Hamilton, 2019) written in collaboration with the artist Stanley Donwood.  

The sonic, theatre work is experienced through headphones and invites audiences to listen to the landscape reveal its past, as we witness the physical remnants of that history being reclaimed by nature.

The work is designed as a solitary experience, with all the equipment to experience the work fully provided.

Photo: Ness, Mark Massey for Estuary 2021

Credits:

IT - Amanda Lawrence
SHE - Naana Agyei-Ampadu
HE -Zubin Varla
THEY - Joy Richardson
AS - All
ENGINEER - Esh Alladi
PHYSICIST - Milo Harries
BOTANIST - Ellie Kendrick
ORNITHOLOGIST - Jack Bardoe

App development: Soda

Estuary 2021 and the artists have worked in close partnership with Essex Wildlife Trust and Southend-on-Sea Borough Council.

Travel

Nearest railway station Shoeburyness (C2C).

Accessibility

Please be aware that the work involves standing and/or walking across a site (that is around 450m in length), which is a combination of tarmac paths and grassy slopes, standing or walking for around 50 minutes.