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"They Came from the Sea — A Litany"
by Jeremy Millar(Download)

They came from the sea, or so it seemed.

They came from the sea and were clothed, yes, but wet through.

They came from the sea and they came from the east, from where we look to see from where we came.

They came from the sea and were without a thing.

They came from the sea and did not say why they came or why here.

They came from the sea and were carried on.

They came from the sea and were still.

They came from the sea but too early.

They came from the sea and ate slept drank.

They came from the sea and were barely there.

They came from the sea and were transformed.

They came from the sea and were beautiful.

They came from the sea and were illuminated.

They came from the sea and let go.

They came from the sea and then waited.

They came from the sea and were not known.

They came from the sea and were in torment. 

They came from the sea and made sounds never heard.

They came from the sea, a fortnight dead.

They came from the sea and lived upon shells.

They came from the sea and were consumed.

They came from the sea and then gathered their bones.

They came from the sea, waste and empty.

They came from the sea but did not say what they had seen.

They came from the sea but it was too late.

They came from the sea and were alone.

They came from the sea and were seen by no one and by all.

They came from the sea and it was inside them still, still moving.

They came from the sea and saw themselves there.

They came from the sea and apprehended all.

They came from the sea and reached out towards us.

They came from the sea and reminded us of what we needed to remember.

They came from the sea and were changed.

They came from the sea and were possessed.

They came from the sea and no one dared look upon them, and they did not dare to look.

They came from the sea and there is no end to it, no end to it.

They came from the sea and had many voices.

They came from the sea and were bound to.

They came from the sea and their bodies were still flooded.

They came from the sea and set themselves down.

They came from the sea and all shall be well.

They came from the sea and resembled no one, not even themselves.

They came from the sea and were invisible.

They came from the sea and were renewed.

They came from the sea and were tongued with fire.

They came from the sea and were indifferent.

They came from the sea and gathered the darkness around them.

They came from the sea and left themselves there.

They came from the sea, or so it seemed, but then the sea came for them, and for us all, and for everything. 

The sea came for everything.

Jeremy is an artist living in London and Ramsgate, and a senior tutor at the Royal College of Art, London. He has exhibited widely nationally and internationally — most recently in Paris and Venice — and has written for numerous publications. His film XDO XOL, commissioned for the 2014 Whitstable Biennale, was shot on the Isle of Sheppey, close to where Katie Paterson’s work will be presented.

Date/Time
March 31, 2019 - 15:00 - 17:00
Meeting Point
Leysdown Main Beach, Corner of The Promenade and Grove Avenue, Leysdown-on-Sea

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