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8 Colin Harrison – Colin Harrison has worked in the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, since 1993, and is now the Senior Curator of European Art. Although his interests are very wide, covering British and French art until 1945, he has always given special attention to the work of Samuel Palmer. He was one of the curators of the great bicentennial retrospective at the British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum, New York, in 2005-6. He represents the Ashmolean on the Board of the DVLPS. Victoria Threlfall was introduced to the work of Samuel Palmer when she was studying painting at Camberwell School of Art. Later she began to pursue her interest in the artist through extensive research, which included exploring the countryside around Shoreham and within the Darent Valley. This is where Palmer visited (but not yet living in) Shoreham from 1824 up to 1835 and it was here he painted his most experimental and visionary works. In 2013 she led the first of many guided Samuel Palmer walks from Shoreham, and in 2018, was invited by the DVLPS (in collaboration with Sarah Newman) to devise and write the Samuel Palmer audio-visual trail (free to download as part of Darent Valley Trails, on the DVLPS website or via relevant app stores). In her capacity as an artist she has led a series of linked drawing and painting workshops for the DVLPS all inspired by the work of Samuel Palmer. Paul Cheese is a musician, producer and cycler from Kent, UK. He is a forerunner in creating music from found sound and recording in unusual places, usually discovered on cycling missions carrying recording equipment and instruments. Whilst on the hunt for inspirational sounds and locations, Paul has written and recorded music in locations around the world and in every region of the UK. Paul Cheese's latest audio project 'The Big Record: Darent Valley' is a movement of music inspired by the Darent Valley – the sounds of communities, individuals, industry, artistic works, landscapes, nature, history and present, and inspiration from Samuel Palmer's paintings. Paul has been exploring the Darent Valley from its source near Westerham to its mouth at Dartford Creek collecting sounds, travelling on foot and by bicycle. To find out more about Paul's project visit The Big Record: Darent Valley (www. thebigrecord.com). The project is funded through a Landscape Heritage Grant Scheme through DVLPS. Feral Practice Shoreham based artist Fiona MacDonald works with human and nonhuman beings as Feral Practice to create art projects that develop ethical and imaginative connection across species boundaries. Stream of Consciousness is a 360 VR film experience that celebrates the Darent Valley's rich cultural landscapes and biodiversity. The film begins before sunrise, amid a Spring dawn chorus recorded at the source of the River Darent in the Advisers and partners DVLPS projects and this exhibition