As part of the organisation Louise Beer and I run: Pale Blue Dot Collective, we are pleased to share that we have been selected for the @themargateschool Art, Society, Nature: Photography Residency 2021. We will be working on our project titled 'Floating in Space'.
Pale Blue Dot Collective will create a series of images depicting how solitary beings are all connected, using images of under the water surface shot in Walpole Bay, and the night sky shot in Margate and Minster.
We will create a photographic folio that examines the parallels between floating in the ocean and Earth moving through our solar system. The work will be contemplative in nature, as we investigate the giant landscape of the sea-life and plant-life that lives in Walpole Bay, removing our human-centric scale, to the glittering dark skies of Margate. We will invite the viewer to imagine how we fit into our ecosystem, and how our ecosystem fits into the cosmos. This work will explore the fragile nature of our coastal area. For some, the virus has been an incredibly isolating experience. This work will show the connection between all of us, as we stand and gaze over the horizon, or towards our galaxy.
Alongside this photographic work, we will create a soundscape using a hydrophone to record the movement of the waves and sound recorders for life above the waterline. We will also record the movement of the trees that we view the stars through at our studio in Minster.
The residency will allow us to use the darkroom facilities at the Margate School for eight weeks. Read more about The Margate School here.