Silk River

Silk River has been developed and delivered by Kinetika in the UK and Think Arts in India along with an international team of artists, writers and photographers and is supported by Arts Council England, British Council, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Tower Hamlets Council, Royal Borough of Greenwich, Creative Barking & Dagenham, Thurrock Council, Dartford Council, Kent County Council, Gravesham Council, Southend Council, Metal, Royal Opera House Thurrock Trailblazers programme, Bath Spa University and the Long Distance Walkers Association London Group. It has featured as part of the Totally Thames festival, organised by the Thames Festival Trust, and the UK/India 2017 season curated by the British Council. In Tilbury the local partners were Tilbury Riverside Project, Port of London Authority, London International Cruise Terminal, Tilbury Fort, Tilbury Hub, Coalhouse Fort, Gateway Primary Academy, Tilbury Pioneer, Academy, Lansdowne Primary Academy and Herringham Primary Academy. In East Tilbury the local partners were the Bata Heritage Centre, the Complete Commedia Company and Harris Academy Chafford Hundred.