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Karst: A Landscape of Mineral and Water – Holly Veselka

Karst: A Landscape of Mineral and Water Holly Veselka I am a conceptual artist from central Texas who uses emerging technologies as both medium and subject to highlight issues of land, biodiversity, and climate change. I live in a region of karst limestone whose porous nature has supported numerous natural springs and endemic species such […]

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Conversations in the Sedgwick – Rona Lee, Jean Boyd, Louise K Wilson

Conversations in the Sedgwick. Rona Lee, Jean Boyd, Louise K Wilson. In collaboration with director Dr Liz Hide,  the archive and store of the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge (where Rona is an affiliated researcher) is our rocky environment. Designed by Cowper Griffith Architects and opened 2019, it houses the collection and

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Inter – Paula Kolar

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Apatite – Rebecca Birch

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Traverse – Simone Kenyon

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Unlearning – Ellie Barrett

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Erratic – Sarah Casey

  ErraticSarah Casey   Erratic was a contribution to the day long workshop ‘ Rock Up!’ led by the Rocky Climates Network for Art Houses Festival 2022. This artwork included a live participatory drawing event, framed by narrating the story of the rocky foreshore, linking the etymology of drawing from the old english ‘dragan’ to

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