Graveyard of Lost Species is an ambitious collaborative project and public moument by artists YoHa and Critical Art Ensemble in partnership with The Arts Catalyst. Graveyard of Lost Species is a temporary public monument using a local wreck, the Souvenir rescued from the estuary mud. This summer, the boat will be cleaned and re-configured, whilst sited in a prominent public setting on Belton Way, Small Craft Club, Leigh High St. The artists are leading a set of enquiries with people in the area, to gather local knowledge of and expertise about 'lost species' of wildlife, marine creatures, livelihoods, fishing methods, landmarks and local dialects that once flourished in the Estuary. Working with local craftsmen, the artists will use a robotic router to cut the lost species into the vessel’s surface. Once the text has been cut into the boat’s surface and interior, she will be sailed back onto the marshes. The project is intended to act as a temporary monument of Leigh’s past and future, as well as to uncover and highlight local knowledge about the changing ecology, society and industry of the Thames estuary, an ambitious collaborative project and artwork by artists YoHa and Critical Art Ensemble in partnership with The Arts Catalyst. Wrecked in the Intertidal Zone is supported by a Wellcome Trust People Award, Arts Council England and Leigh Town Council. Many thanks to the Institute of Environmental, Health and Societies (Brunel University), Belton Way Small Craft Club, Essex Wildlife Trust, Natural England, Leigh Marina Secure Measures Ltd, Metal (Southend) and Southend Council. For more information, please visit: http://www.artscatalyst.org/graveyard-lost-species yoha.co.uk/wrecked_ To get involved and add you story email: info@yoha.co.uk Filmed and edited by James Ravinet