Vraiqu'sie is a collaborative art research project that brings together six artists to explore and creatively interpret Jersey's seaweed. By engaging with scientists, local experts, and historical archives, the project examines seaweed's ecological, cultural, and artistic dimensions, highlighting its significance in Jersey's intangible heritage.

Multi-disciplinary artists Karen Le Roy Harris, Margarida Lourenco Olivier, Natasha Dettman, Esther Rose Parkes, Kerry-Jane Warner and Blessed Ndlovu have worked closely with marine biologists, environmental scientists, historians, and local experts. They have engaged in hands-on research, field trips, and archival materials to deepen their understanding of seaweed’s historical and cultural context. This research has now led to the group developing new multi-disciplinary and collaborative artworks that explore seaweed's historical role, contemporary importance, and social impact. Throughout the project, the artists will document their findings and creative processes, sharing their insights and enabling you to follow their journey.

The group is currently working towards a collaborative film that reimagines the communal act of vraicing through a contemporary artistic lens. Once a hard and labour-intensive practice, vraicing brought people together in shared effort and connection with the natural world. The film will be a procession that honours this spirit of collective labour, following a traditional vraicing path toward the sea. The artists will create sculpture, costume, sound, song and movement that embody the elements of land, sea, and memory—horse, seaweed, birds, apple trees, crustaceans, and wheels rolled by human hands. This ceremonial journey blurs the boundaries between human and non-human life, inviting a re-membering of ways of being grounded in reciprocity, care, and balance with the environment.

Vraiqu'sie aims to use art as a way to offer a new perspective and way of communicating seaweed's significance, enhancing the community’s appreciation and encouraging contemporary engagement with Jersey’s natural and cultural landscape.