CLIMATE ART is an interdisciplinary public art platform focused on climate change. In collaboration with Bridgepoint and Sussex Wildlife Trust, three artists have taken residency to work on a site-responsive project across Bridgepoint and Rye Creative Centre. Join Curator Climate Art Curator Dzmitry Suslau as introduces two of these artists, their studios and practice.
Mo Langmuir is a London-based artist with a background in environmental biology. Her work strives to break down the binary between art and science through collaboration with local communities.
Mo’s work at Climate Art will centre around balloon mapping and marine sampling. She will be investigating diatoms, the beautiful single-celled algae vitally important for life on Earth. Providing around 25% of the world’s oxygen, they are present in every water system. Working with Rye’s resident groups to map out sites for biological sampling, Mo will use microscopy to generate beautiful interpretations of these invisible organisms threatened by climate change.
Mo’s studio is half research lab, half artist atelier, and on 3 May, she’ll be opening it up to the public for a virtual tour, sharing methodologies, sampling equipment, mapping tools and sketches.
If you’re interested in learning more about Mo’s artistic process, sign up here
Alistair Debling in his studio at Rye Creative Centre.
Alistair Debling is an interdisciplinary artist hailing from Bristol. His experimental moving image work examines diverse themes, from queer nightlife and ecology to the military-industrial complex and its architectures. Having trained in the USA for four years, his work has been presented by the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York) and the National Theatre (London), among others.
Alistair’s project will investigate Rye’s rich military history as a fortified town, in tandem with its historical and contemporary energy and environmental defence infrastructure. This work will help us (re)think what defence, protection and fortification of the landscape mean in the age of climate breakdown.
To ensure his artwork reflects and resonates with the community in Rye, Alistair is particularly interested in hearing local perspectives (from across Rye and Dungeness) on what it means (or has meant) to protect the coastline. He’ll be hosting an open conversation about the themes of his project and sharing new aerial photography of the local landscape. This is your opportunity to help influence the trajectory of Alistair’s artwork!
Don’t miss out, join him on zoom using the sign up link.
See you there!