Eskild Beck

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In March 2026, CollectConnect artists exhibited a selection of mobiles in the Pink Tardis Gallery, Heathway Shopping Centre, Dagenham.

The theme, Flight, reflected Dagenham’s history of aviation. In the early 1900s, the Royal Aeronautical Society established a test facility for prototypes and experimental flying machines near Dagenham Dock. Several machines were built at Dagenham, including a quadruplane designed by Baden Baden-Powell, brother of Robert, the scouting founder.

A dedicated writer created a response to each of the 17 mobiles exhibited in the Pink Tardis Gallery.

CollectConnect is a caring cooperative of artists who organise art shows along the principle of participation and inclusion. They often exhibit outside of traditional gallery spaces where people can encounter art in public places.

Flight
Art and words reflecting Dagenham’s history of aviation
Francesca Albini, Eskild Beck, Dean Reddick, Alban Low, Bryan Benge, Oscar Newcombe, Melanie Honebone, Stella Tripp, Chris Brown, Alison Stirling, Natalie Low, Ed Arantus, Jack Low, Diya Sengupta, Ginny Reddick, Dom O’Reilly, Bella Weerasinghe, Katerina Koulouri, Simon Tyrrell, Keziah Reddick
Published 2026
ISBN 978-1-915505-60-6
A6 Size
28 printed pages
Colour
Chapbook 52
SLB0273
BUY Flight (£3.99 + £1.20 P&P)

A special thank you to Katja Rosenberg of Art Catcher.

“Over the sea, close to a town called Aabenraa, exactly 184 steps from the beach, there is a small forest, small, about the size of a football field. It is named Inger’s Forest.” Eskild Beck, 2016.

Inger’s Forest is a beautiful and simple chapbook featuring the words, photographs and drawings of Danish artist Eskild Beck and the illustrations of I.P. Junggreen Have. Deceptively evocative, it documents the world of a small copse near the town of Aabenraa, Denmark. It is a poetic affirmation of life itself with the mystery of our waking journey lurking amongst its leafy layers.

Eskild Beck is an internationally respected artist, his imagined world drawings have been exhibited around the world. His work has an ethereal quality that often transcends the physicality of this world. Although Inger’s Forest is a real place it is also a place that lies in all of our hearts.

Eskild made this chapbook in memory of his late wife Inger, and the forest that was part of her childhood.

Eskild Beck
Published March 2016
ISBN 978-1-910578-28-5
A6 Size
16 printed pages
Colour
Chapbook 11
SLB037
Price – £2

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Flight: Art and words reflecting Dagenham’s history of aviation

Inger’s Forest – Eskild Beck