Storyweir – Hive Beach
Proboscis have been commissioned by PVA medialab and Bridport Arts Centre working with Hive Beach Cafe and the National Trust as part of ExLab 2012 to create a new work, collaborating with communities and earth scientists on the Jurassic Coast at Hive Beach.
Research begins in November and the final works will be staged on the coast during the 2012 Olympic/Paralympic sailing events. The commission will be developed over the next few months as we research and collaborate with geographers, earth scientists, the cafe and communities on the coast at Hive Beach exploring how the human story of the Jurassic coast and the geological history influence each other.
We will be investigating how the local human ‘data’ that forms the aura of communities (oral stories, experiences, local knowledge, scientific knowledge) can mesh and merge with new interpretations and sonifications of scientific data emerging from academic research into coastal change and erosion (i.e.surveying, mapping).
Science is not a bank of knowledge. It’s a way of knowing. Qualifications and working in professional labs certainly does help, but if you’ve ever looked at something and thought “hmmm, how does that work?” or “what happens if I…?” then you’re thinking like a scientist already. Dr. Adam Rutherford, The Geological Society, A True Amateur
We will researching around Hive Beach in late March, April and June (dates TBC) and participating in the Hive Beach Spring Tide Food Festival on the 19 and 21 May. The finished work goes on display from the 27 July to early September with events on the weekend of the 4/5 August.
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Storyweir is commissioned in partnership with Bridport Arts Centre, PVA Media Lab, the National Trust and Hive Beach Cafe. It is Part of Ex Lab, a visual arts project responding to the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site in 2012. Funded by Arts Council England and West Dorset District Council. Part of the Maritime Mix Cultural Olympiad by the Sea.
