Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago
Monster Chetwynd is a British artist celebrated for her anarchic, joyfully improvised performances and installations that blend folk spectacle, pop culture and DIY craft. For Folkestone Triennial 2025: How Lies the Land?, she unveils two giant salamander sculptures—playful, magical creatures that reflect her fascination with animals capable of transformation and survival. Perched near Payers Park, these vibrant forms preview a permanent playground Chetwynd will create for the town in 2026. Known for celebrating overlooked species and inviting community participation, Chetwynd’s work is a vivid call to imagine a future shaped by play, care and wild creativity.
ABOUT CREATIVE FOLKESTONE
Creative Folkestone is a visionary arts charity and placemaking organisation dedicated to making Folkestone a great place to live, work, play, study and visit. Creative Folkestone believes in the power of art and creativity to encourage positive social change and should be open and accessible to all. Since 2002, Creative Folkestone have been transforming Folkestone through several key projects including Folkestone Artworks, Folkestone Book Festival, Creative Quarter, Folkestone Triennial and Quarterhouse. Through all these projects we enable people to get creative. In 2021, Creative Folkestone also became custodians of Prospect Cottage, the former home of Derek Jarman, following a successful campaign to save the property for the nation in partnership with Art Fund and Tate.
Film by Oliver Parkin
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instagram.com/oliver_filmmaker
Monster Chetwynd is a British artist celebrated for her anarchic, joyfully improvised performances and installations that blend folk spectacle, pop culture and DIY craft. For Folkestone Triennial 2025: How Lies the Land?, she unveils two giant salamander sculptures—playful, magical creatures that reflect her fascination with animals capable of transformation and survival. Perched near Payers Park, these vibrant forms preview a permanent playground Chetwynd will create for the town in 2026. Known for celebrating overlooked species and inviting community participation, Chetwynd’s work is a vivid call to imagine a future shaped by play, care and wild creativity.
ABOUT CREATIVE FOLKESTONE
Creative Folkestone is a visionary arts charity and placemaking organisation dedicated to making Folkestone a great place to live, work, play, study and visit. Creative Folkestone believes in the power of art and creativity to encourage positive social change and should be open and accessible to all. Since 2002, Creative Folkestone have been transforming Folkestone through several key projects including Folkestone Artworks, Folkestone Book Festival, Creative Quarter, Folkestone Triennial and Quarterhouse. Through all these projects we enable people to get creative. In 2021, Creative Folkestone also became custodians of Prospect Cottage, the former home of Derek Jarman, following a successful campaign to save the property for the nation in partnership with Art Fund and Tate.
Film by Oliver Parkin
oliverparkin.com
instagram.com/oliver_filmmaker
