The Resident Platform 3
Long Distance Press and Cheriton Library

Artists and residents work together to create a new cultural landscape. Strange Cargo support the dismantling of cultural hierarchy with a residency programme. The Resident Platform brings professional artists to bring their practice to Cheriton to create a new sculpture for Folkestone West Station. Created as a companion to a second sculpture made by local people through a participatory process delivered by Strange Cargo and observed by the artist.

The Resident Platform #3 includes Long Distance Press - Adam Shield and Thomas Whittle who created Hop Step. Alongside a sculpture created by Cheriton Library staff called Story Time.

Supported by: Arts Council England, Genesis Foundation, Folkestone and Hythe District Council, Kent County Council, South Eastern Railway, Public Statues and Sculpture Association, Royal Academy of Arts.