Offcut
AV Installation
Friday, 11 November 2022 | 15:15 > 15:152022-11-11T15:15:00.000Z | Immersive Room Installations
If the peatlands could talk, what would they say?
Offcut examines the complexities of our relationship with the natural world and how we disrupt it.
Working with ecologists, geologists and data specialists on an extensive art & ecology lab, artist Rebecca Smith (Urban Projections) spent a 3 month residency responding to the ancient Humber Head Peatlands in the UK. These peatlands, which are made up of 90% water, hold huge quantities of carbon but have been vastly exploited, leading to leaks and a major carbon source. Although global peatlands only occupy 3% of land area across the world, they contain around 25% of soil carbon - twice as much as the world’s forests. ‘Offcut’ examines our relationship to the Peatland landscape, and re-narrates ideas about our past, present and future, with a delve beyond the Anthropocene into deep time.
With Thanks to:
‘Re-wilding the System’ arts & ecology residency
Artbomb
Mike Stubbs
Simon Pickles from the North & East Yorkshire Ecological Data Centre
Nature Hack
Mick Oliver
Rangjung Yeshe Gomde Buddhist Centre
Beadamoss - Sustainable Sphagnum Moss
Offcut examines the complexities of our relationship with the natural world and how we disrupt it.
Working with ecologists, geologists and data specialists on an extensive art & ecology lab, artist Rebecca Smith (Urban Projections) spent a 3 month residency responding to the ancient Humber Head Peatlands in the UK. These peatlands, which are made up of 90% water, hold huge quantities of carbon but have been vastly exploited, leading to leaks and a major carbon source. Although global peatlands only occupy 3% of land area across the world, they contain around 25% of soil carbon - twice as much as the world’s forests. ‘Offcut’ examines our relationship to the Peatland landscape, and re-narrates ideas about our past, present and future, with a delve beyond the Anthropocene into deep time.
With Thanks to:
‘Re-wilding the System’ arts & ecology residency
Artbomb
Mike Stubbs
Simon Pickles from the North & East Yorkshire Ecological Data Centre
Nature Hack
Mick Oliver
Rangjung Yeshe Gomde Buddhist Centre
Beadamoss - Sustainable Sphagnum Moss
Author
Urban Projections is the work and collaborations of Artist, Rebecca Smith. Fusing hand-crafted art-forms with with digital
technologies, her work seeks to surprise and engage audiences with it's playful tone and interactivity. Constantly striving and
seeking ways to push the boundaries of her discipline, Rebecca create's unique digital experiences.
Rebecca's practice centres around the natural environment, and our place within it. Her process and output seeks to reaffirm
our connection to nature, with a beauty and depth of simplicity. Through a shared experience, audiences...