Twice a day, the Thames rises many metres to fill secret, enclosed spaces along central London’s riverside.

Using cameras and stereo microphones inside enclosed spaces along the river, barely above ‘sea level’, comes an installation that is sure to engulf you. Starting slowly, the water rises inexorably until it takes the camera and eventually ‘drowns’ it, crushing it between the water and the roof of the space; sounds of traffic, birds and boat-wash are replaced by burbling inundation and the buzz of propellers. Sequenced together, they show the tide falling, rising, falling and rising again as if in one single day – and in relation to the rising, passing and setting moon.

Artists Susi Arnott and Crispin Hughes are both experienced UK scuba divers with a particular scientific and imaginative interest in the effects of tides in enclosed spaces. Their previous collaborative works include Unquiet Thames and Stone Hole.

This pop-up event is part of the 2016 Totally Thames festival.

Drop in any time between 14:00 and 22:00.

Refreshments will be available in our licensed cafe/bar.

Following this premiere, the Thames Tide experience moves underground. From Tue 13th – Fri 16th. Sep in the Thames Tunnel Sinking Shaft, Brunel Museum, Railway Avenue, Rotherhithe, SE16 4LF, 10.00 – 17.00. The Thames Tides website will track forthcoming dates for this exhibition.