Gina Glover
The Metabolic Landscape
Thu 5 July 2018 - Fri 28 September 2018
Alison Richard Building
An Exhibition of Photography and Visual Art Investigating the Impact of Energy in the Landscape
By Jessica Rayner and Gina Glover
Exhibition Preview, Thursday 5 July 2018 from 6 - 8 pm
The Exhibition extends over all four floors of the Alison Richard Building.
The exhibition shares its title with an accompanying book. Metabolism refers to the physiochemical process that underpins all life. Just as a metabolic disease refers to an energy-sourced disorder of the body, so too the planet is revealing signs of metabolic distress. The cause is the massive change in energy use by society. What is called the Energy Transition – the shift from a low to high-energy use society – has been seen as enormously beneficial (food production, transport, heating, etc.) but our increasing use of energy, particularly fossil energy, is now identified as a cause of climate change and ecosystem harm.
This exhibition attempts to engage with the dynamics of the world about us by addressing energy in the landscape, energy extraction, energy transmission, energy ‘substances’ – coal, oil, minerals, gas, and the Sun, the source of most of our energy.
Gina Glover’s photographs exploit atmospheric and ambient light conditions to construct images, which draw attention to the place of energy and changes in the landscape. Her project builds upon visits to coal mines in the Arctic and geothermal energy plants in Iceland, where the heat from volcanoes is used to generate electricity. Realising how both nature and human history had irrevocably changed by energy her recent work includes nuclear reactors in France, hydroelectric power stations in Wales, opencast coal mines in Germany, oil wells and hydraulic fracturing sites in the USA and glacier loss in Greenland.
In contrast, Jessica Rayner examines the energy of ‘things’ within the landscape. She uses a range of media, including photography, video, printmaking and three-dimensional sculpture to explore the idea of energy through objects, materials, substances and processes. She describes objects and processes as ‘affordances’, because they offer value to us. Delving into the histories of these objects, she offers up their stories of origination, discovery and scientific analysis. In constructing these artworks she provides a further ‘story’, the question of whether an artwork can express within it the artist’s own sense of knowledge and perception of an object.
Cost: free
Enquiries and booking
No need to book.
Enquiries: Judith Weik Website Email: jw571@cam.ac.uk Telephone: 01223760488
Timing
9:00am-5:00pm on weekdays from Thursday 5 July 2018 until Friday 28 September 2018
All times
Thu 5 July 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 6 July 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 9 July 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 10 July 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 11 July 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 12 July 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 13 July 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 16 July 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 17 July 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 18 July 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 19 July 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 20 July 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 23 July 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 24 July 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 25 July 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 26 July 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 27 July 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 30 July 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 31 July 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 1 August 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 2 August 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 3 August 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 6 August 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 7 August 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 8 August 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 9 August 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 10 August 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 13 August 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 14 August 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 15 August 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 16 August 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 17 August 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 20 August 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 21 August 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 22 August 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 23 August 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 24 August 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 27 August 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 28 August 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 29 August 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 30 August 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 31 August 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 3 September 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 4 September 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 5 September 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 6 September 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 7 September 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 10 September 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 11 September 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 12 September 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 13 September 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 14 September 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 17 September 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 18 September 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 19 September 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 20 September 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 21 September 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 24 September 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 25 September 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 26 September 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 27 September 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 28 September 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Venue
Address: | Alison Richard Building All floors Sidgwick Site 7 West Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DT |
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Telephone: | 01223760488 |