The Line explores the evolving relationship between human intervention and river ecologies through restoration practices and visual experimentations with black and white photography.

Drawing from firsthand experience with Thames21's Beckenham Place Park River Improvements, the project reflects on how restoration techniques in Beckenham Place—such as constructing willow fences—engage with river morphological loss by negotiating the boundaries between usages and resilience.

Engaging with Dilip Da Cunha's The Invention of Rivers¹, the project critiques the idea of the river as a line—instead considering it not as a fixed boundary but as fluid, evolving, and part of cycles shaped by natural forces and human activity.

This idea is visualised through black-and-white photography, capturing river restoration in layered compositions that blur and distort rigid outlines. Inspired by willow weaving techniques explored during volunteering, the final work overlays images of hair braiding and crocheting onto river photographs, using "entanglement" as a metaphor for ecological intervention. Printed as a fragmented sliding puzzle, the piece invites viewers to engage in playful acts of reconfiguration, echoing the ongoing process of river stewardship.

¹Cunha, Dilip da. The Invention of Rivers: Alexander's Eye and Ganga's Descent. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018