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Standing Ground, part of Nottingham Light Night 2024, is a stunning immersive light and sound experience, exploring our relationship with the natural world.
Opening times: Friday 2 February 6 – 9pm and Saturday 3 February 5.30– 9pm.
Venue address: St. Mary’s Church, High Pavement, Nottingham NG1 1HN
Free entry.
Warning: Contains flashing images and use of haze
As we enter a period of accelerated climate uncertainty, the work seeks to find resolution in our connection with nature, and a pathway to hope and optimism.
Created following a residency with the Harley Foundation, artists Urban Projections and CJ Mirra worked with Ecologist Simon Pickles and Zine artist Harry Hempsall in a collaboration with clients from Aebal care and support service, and Young People from Proto-Type Collective on the historic Welbeck Estate, North Nottinghamshire.
Through exploration and play, field recordings were created which have been manipulated to create a soundscape expressing sounds of the forest; while AI has been used to create evolving image sequences following the study of ancient veteran trees and archival photographs.
The online Zine below brings together thoughts and experiences captured during the making process.
Read the accompanying Zine
Credits
Artists - Urban Projections & CJ Mirra
Ecologist - Simon Pickles
Zine Artist - Harry Hempsall
Spoken Word: Seth Hughes - @urfromere
Composer Assistant and Additional Composition- Jan Musil
Produced by Jon Bevan.
Co-Creation: Aebal - Morgan Stocks, Tony Dickinson, Robert Rusk, Jack Watson, Dan Hill. Support: Jason Bradley and Joseph Lyons
Proto-Type - Eseose Okotako, Casey Francis, Lina Vourlou, Jenson Brown, Leo Dawson, Poppy Hewett, Harry Hempsall. Support: Brendon Gravell
Partners: Harley Foundation, North & East Yorkshire Ecological Data Centre
Technical Partners - Sterling Event Group
With thanks to: The Welbeck Estate, St Mary’s Church
Standing Ground is the third part of a triptych of work, exploring our relationship to the natural world through the lens of a changing climate. The two previous works have included:
States of Matter (2022) - a delve into our planets fragile relationship with water, it’s natural cycles and its relationship to the climate crisis.
Re-Move (2023) - Exploring the human consequences of climate change.
