Presented as both a continuation of and a disruption to the Ebbsfleet Citizen Archive, Exodus Crooks’ why live anywhere else? explores Northfleet’s local geography through alternative forms of charting space and place.
Inspired by the practice of counter-mapping, the project will use local archives and maps, as well as natural materials, to reveal critical histories of the area's industrial legacy, including its human and non-human impact. Over a series of workshops, Exodus is collaborating with a group of young people at Northfleet School for Girls as ‘counter cartographers’, working with them to reveal the stories and realities that may have been hidden from existing maps, visualisations, and narratives of the area.
This dialogue between Exodus and the young people will gradually develop into new contributions to the Ebbsfleet Citizen Archive and will be used to inform public local heritage walks in the autumn.
why live anywhere else?has been commissioned by Cement Fields and supported by Creative Estuary, Gravesham Borough Council, and Ebbsfleet Development Corporation through the Northfleet Place Partnership. With additional support from Northfleet School for Girls.