Overview
Join Emma Stibbon, artist; Sara Cooper, Head of Collections and Exhibitions at Towner Eastbourne; and Dr Dylan Rood, Associate Professor in Geohazards at Imperial College London, as they discuss the themes of Stibbon’s new work and the research that informed her solo exhibition, Melting Ice, Rising Tides, currently on show at Cristea Roberts Gallery.
The exhibition, which has toured to London from Towner Eastbourne and the Burton at Bideford, explores and documents through drawings, prints and an immersive installation, how the warming environment of the polar regions directly causes rising sea levels and coastal erosion on UK coastlines, with a specific focus on Sussex and North Devon. The area of cliffs in Sussex and North Devon explored by Stibbon were also the subject of studies that revealed the alarming rate of erosion our shores are undergoing due to sea level rise.
The panel will discuss these findings, including Stibbon’s experiences of observing and recording such precarious environments, how she makes her work and the importance of art practice in helping us understand what we stand to lose.
The exhibition will open from 6pm and the talk will begin at 6.30pm with an opportunity for an audience Q&A at the end. Seating limited. To reserve your space contact [email protected].
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