THEORIES OF THE EARTH
Gallery programme study day / funded invitation (public event with presentations). 2018
GroundWork Gallery

Theories of the Earth event – ‘interactions between history, science and artistic practice’

“What are theories of the earth? What do all the terms mean? Is theory useful? What is relationship between theory and practice? A number of experts involved in disciplines relevant to Theories of the Earth – art, science and environment – will talk to us about theory, and how it relates to practice.”

Director and curator:
Veronica Sekules

Speakers:
Bergit Arends – Deputy Head of Collection Care Research, Tate
Wayne Binitie – artist, RCA
Flora Bowden – artist, RCA
Luce Choules – artist, TSOEG
Tim Holt-Wilson – geologist, writer
Professor Colin Waters – University of Leicester and former principal geologist, British Geological Survey

Moderator:
Andrew Watkinson

Presentations:
The Anthropocene Epoch: the expression of the human footprint on the Earth (CW)
Art Intertwining Geology and humans (BA)
Enlightening the Earth (THW)
Visual Language and Geology (FB)
Aesthetics of Water (WB)
The Glacier and the Rock (LC)

Venue:
Thoresby College – Queen St & South Quay, King’s Lynn, UK

Theories of the Earth exhibition
Theories of the Earth “offers a timely insight into issues of climate change alongside deeper stories of the earth’s formation. Four artists ventured into the earth’s history and geology to investigate our understanding of the changes to the environment. Wayne Binitie, Flora Bowden, Shaun Fraser and Kabir Hussain explored the elemental and physical matter of the earth – stone, peat, bronze and ice provided the ‘core material’ of the show.”

GroundWork Gallery
“GroundWork Gallery is dedicated to art and environment. It shows the work of contemporary artists who care about how we see the world. Exhibitions and creative programmes explore how art can enable us to respond to the changing environment and imagine how we can shape its future.”

Funded by:

Links:
Link to GroundWork Gallery Theories of the Earth event page
Link to GroundWork Gallery Theories of the Earth exhibition page

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WORK

The Glacier and the Rock – performance lecture

“Luce Choules presents a live performance lecture using spoken word, projected imagery and literary readings. The artist will take the audience on a poetic journey to the high features of Alpine France. Made during a decade-long study in the Haute-Savoie, this mesmerising work explores art and ecology, environmental change and the contemporary wilderness.“