Cold Water Fun - Tim Etchells 2010

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  Photo: Tim Etchells

Imaginary events for the River Thames

Cold Water Fun is a project by artist Tim Etchells announcing a spectacular and strange series of imaginary events and interventions for the banks of the River Thames, the river itself and other locations in London and elsewhere. Etchells' provocative and entirely virtual programme invites you to imagine a series of puzzling aquatic spectacles, improbable river experiments and cryptic discussions and debates, encouraging you to imagine the city and the river which flows through it, in new and unexpected ways.

Look out for Etchells' pamphlets in shops, cafes and festival venues near London Bridge City Pier and beyond.

Tim Etchells (1962) is an artist and writer based in the UK. He has worked in a wide variety of contexts, notably as the leader of the world-renowned performance group Forced Entertainment and in collaboration with a range of visual artists, choreographers and photographers. His work spans performance, video, photography, text projects, installation and fiction. His first novel, The Broken World, was published by Heinemann in 2008 and his monograph on contemporary performance and Forced Entertainment, Certain Fragments (Routledge 1999) is widely acclaimed. In recent years Etchells has exhibited widely in the context of visual arts, showing work in London, Europe and USA. He is currently Legacy:Thinker in Residence (2009-2010) at Tate Research and LADA in London.

Cold Water Fun has been commissioned by home live art as part of A River Enquiry: a series of new artworks created in response to the River Thames.

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