THe Landscape of East Anglia
The Kingdom of the East Angles was a small independent kingdom of the Angles dating from the 6th Century during the Anglo-Saxon period. It was made up from the now English counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and part of Cambridgeshire and was one of seven kingdoms until it was absorbed into the Kingdom of England in the 10th Century.
A large part of the land is bordered by the North Sea, which has, in turn, had a substantial effect on the topography and landscape, with a predominantly flat terrain and, as the 18th Century painter, John Constable, referred to as the ‘land of big skies’. Large parts were of land were marsh, with significant coastal erosion cause alluvial deposits and isolated spits of land, until the drainage of the fenlands in the 17th Century.
This film-based project explores the East Anglian landscape, picking up the traces of its historical legacy and the human effect over the centuries.