Dear Drawing Research network,
the call for artists below may be of interest...
best regards,
Marianne
ROCK SOLID? EXPO
24 March to 19 May 2012 - Kendal Museum
Artists are being invited to take part in 'Rock Solid? Expo. The
exhibition and series of events are due to take place next spring 24th
March to 19th May 2012 at Kendal Museum
Coordinator Marianne Birkby has said " this looks like being a really
exciting and interesting project and we are delighted that Julian Cooper
has agreed to be our Guest Artist".
"When a piece of land inclines toward the vertical our relationship
towards it changes. We can no longer walk on it and it cannot grow food
for us. So we either ignore it, or it becomes an aesthetic object in
itself, akin to a work of art, or as a visible record of time and weather
and geological change." JULIAN COOPER
Exhibition and series of events exploring the diversity of Lakeland's
geological heritage and the plan to use that geology to try to contain
man's most long lasting legacy - nuclear waste.
For more details and an application form email:
[log in to unmask] telephone 015395 63671 or
send an SAE to:
Rock Solid? 8 Chelsea Court, Milnthorpe, Cumbria LA7 7DJ
MORE INFO:
*In Lakeland's leaky geology*
* a huge system of underground tunnels*
*to contain man's most long lasting legacy*
Is it possible? Is it ethical? How will we tell future generations?
Should we make more waste?
This Expo would include:
Exhibition - specially created artworks based on the
"Rock Solid?" Lakeland Geology Different disciplines from traditional
watercolour and pottery to multi media.
Performance – storytelling- tbc
Films - a screening of Into Eternity/ Fight for Country
http://www.intoeternitythemovie.com/
http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/cra0676.htm
The Rock Solid? Lecture
Dr Helen Wallace - Executive Director of Genewatch UK and author of "Rock
Solid?" a scientific review.
Workshops - Future Language
Anthropologists, linguists, futurologists are discussing the issue of how
to warn future generations about nuclear waste. One major hurdle is the
rise and fall of civilizations while the waste remains dangerous for
millions of years.
Walk to the top of Scafell
To experience the scale of 1000 metres deep – Scafell is 978 metres high
Venue: Kendal Museum, Station Rd, Kendal, Cumbria LS9 6BT
Tel: 01539 815 597
www.kendalmuseum.org.uk/
Coordinator: Marianne Birkby
8 Chelsea Court, Milnthorpe, Cumbria LA7 7DJ
Tel: 01539 63671 email: [log in to unmask]
Additional Info:
Julian Cooper Website
http://juliancooper.co.uk/index.html
THE JOHN HAMER COLLECTION Kendal Museum “For the time I was here I was
suspended in wonder” – Museum visitor book
http://www.kendalmuseum.org.uk/collections_the_hamer_collection.php
Other Suggested Research for Artists
"Expert Judgment on Markers to Deter Inadvertent Human Intrusion into the
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant"
How to communicate that the nuclear waste is dangerous, how to physically
and mentally repel intrusions in the waste area, and how to be sure that
future peoples don't ignore these warnings like we currently ignore the
curses warned of in ancient Egyptian tombs!
http://prod.sandia.gov/techlib/access-control.cgi/1992/921382.pdf
http://mrws.decc.gov.uk/en/mrws/cms/Disposal/Geological_dis/Construction_a/Construction_a.aspx
http://www.westcumbriamrws.org.uk/default.asp?
http://www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/en/Publications/2010/rock-solid-a-scientific-review/
http://mariannewildart.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/rock-spoil-great-pyramids-in-cumbria-11oct11.pdf
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