Signe Johannessen and Helen Kilbride will explore the human relationship with nature and the ocean in relation to their own artwork. This talk will delve into how we can use our creativity as a tool to think about climate change. You'll also discover how artists are drawing attention to the effects of climate change and what the solutions are that they might offer to rethink our relationship to nature.
Signe Johannessen's art playfully combines personal biography and historical archives. She will discuss her latest project, which draws on Liverpool’s maritime history to bring our attention to the effects of climate change on marine life. In response, Helen Kilbride, who grew up in Liverpool, will discuss her current film project Did the Earth Move for You on the relationship between queer beings and marginalised ecologies at boundary points, for example soil, sand, skin, shoreline and intertidal zones.
Signe Johannessen
Norwegian artist Signe Johannessen studied at Oslo National Academy of the Arts in Norway and the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm, Sweden. Her work spans various mediums including sculpture, video, drawing, participatory practice and performance. Her art practice is also cross-disciplinary, playfully combining personal biography and historical archives.
Helen Kilbride
Helen Kilbride is an international award-winning director and through her experimental film practice she explores archive, memory, queerness and ecology. She often films using Super 8 and uses analogue cinematic techniques to layer and texture her films. Her research involves notions of the stories we tell ourselves about our seas, rivers and oceans. She is specifically interested in listening for the retrieval of archival ocean stories from ancient seas. She is currently undertaking an artist residency at GroundWork Gallery, in which she will be exploring the Norfolk coast questioning the effects extraction has on ecologies and how as artists we need to find ways to communicate ideas about climate change and nature.
Tate Liverpool is temporarily located at RIBA North, Mann Island, a short distance (425m) along Liverpool’s iconic waterfront. There is step free access to the main entrance. There is a lift to the first floor gallery, or alternatively you can take the stairs.
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