"Our entanglement with the more-than-human deepens as we iteratively explore co-curation with the River Dôn."
In a partnership between Sheffield Hallam University and the River Dôn Project, Amy Carter Gordon presents a series of premieres from artist-researchers and partners.
The exhibition includes:
- A public art installation in the weir near Kelham Island Museum. A traditional Yorkshire coble (fishing boat) will sink and bail itself out as it responds to data from the River Don.
- Joanna Rucklidge’s prints and drawings will explore the juxtaposition of the river’s wildlife with the littered plastic on the riverbank.
- Joanne Lee will present visual essays that consider the cyclical processes of the river throughout its history and future using found objects from the Don.
- Photography from Dr Rose Butler captures silt, fig leaves, hemlock, and remnants of a rave along the river’s edge. The work reflects on the industrial revolution, migration and the stories of how the fig trees came to thrive alongside the Don.
- A live citizen laboratory. Visitors of all ages can learn about microbiology and chemistry by testing samples from Sheffield’s rivers, using cutting-edge equipment used by Sheffield Hallam University's Biomolecular Sciences Research Centre to research the health of our rivers.
"Together, through exchanges in knowledge, research and innovation we fæthm the unquantifiable depths of the Dôn with the rights of nature as our praxis."
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