Dolphin Close, Tump39
Dolphin Close is a new film by artist Ed Webb-Ingall responding to Tump 39; a long-term project working with a group of local people in Thamesmead, who have gathered to collectively re-imagine a disused and rewilded Victorian munitions magazine hidden in their housing estate, as a new community space for arts and ecology.
Shot on 16mm film with a Bolex camera over 12-months, with support from filmmaker Rhea Storr, the film documents the site as the artist listens to the individuals recollections and reflections on their relationship with this unusual place, which was closed for 20-years and recently reopened by Three Rivers. Through anecdotes and encounters, the film explores what draws community members to get involved as well as some of the obstacles to joining in.
Dolphin Close was commissioned and produced by Three Rivers and will have its official Bexley premiere at Tump 39 on 15 March 2025, where it will be screened by ‘The Thamesmead Travelling Cinema’; a ‘social sculpture’ created by artist-led project space, Texas Thamesmead.