ABSTRACT
WaterLines: RiverBank fused art, science, and cultural history to illuminate relationships between the Chesapeake Bay watershed, its tributary the Chester River, and historic Chestertown. Waterlines transformed a vacant bank into a ‘world of rippling light and sublimely meditative sound’ evoking the connections, interdependency, and exchange between river and town. Via a collaborative, multi-disciplinary, intergenerational spatial process, WaterLines brought members of parallel communities into conversation with one another and the natural world, elevating the area’s richness and value while acknowledging the ecological, economic, and social challenges the community faces.
