Drifts through Debris

2012. Installation artwork by ⁓ in the fields artists' collective.

Drifts through Debris draws attention to the growing problem of oceanic plastic pollution.

⁓ in the fields have reinvented the 16th century bookwheel of Agostino Ramelli as a hands-on wheel made of driftwood, steel and using back projection. Video loops of dance phrases are projected within the wheel. The choreography is a response to photographs documenting the impact of plastic pollution, and to poems by Ken Cockburn, which are also recited and played as audio loops in the wheel.

Image credit: ⁓ in the fields.

CREDITS

Visual artists: Nicole Heidtke and Stefan Baumberger.
Choreography & performance: Sue Hawksley and Tony Mills.

R&D supported by New Media Scotland.

PERFORMANCES & PRESENTATIONS

Solo exhibition by ⁓ in the fields - Inspace, University of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh International Art Festival, 2012.