Platform and Selfies, 2023 in St Georges, a site-sensitive work commissioned by Art in Romney Marsh for ‘A Sirens Call’
A platform can be understood as a raised flat surface, a website, an app or digital space, a political space, or a communication medium.
Visitors were invited to take a stand on one of the platforms—to gain a different perspective of the church and to become an elevated view for other visitors. To look and see where the sea levels might rise to, and to imagine how high a stand they may be forced to take. To ask could you stop taking photos? Should you stop taking as many photos? Maybe delete more?
What are the questions we should be asking about fast photography? Should we worry about digital photo hoarding? Should we know about the carbon footprint of our digital images and data storage? Or is it better to pressure organisations to decarbonise their supply chains and infrastructure? or to criticise their water consumption?
To ask what is our future with digital images?
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Art in Romney Marsh 2023 is a celebration of exciting perspectives on the title A Siren’s Call. The works address issues of the climate crisis and the threat of rising sea levels. The range of approaches includes sculpture, performance and the uniqueness of each artists creative, site specific installs. Each creative commission invites our audiences to explore the medieval church spaces with a new and artist led experience. The selected artists have responded to so many influences including local history and heritage, through to the perils we face from climate change and the need for taking a Carbon Net Zero pathway. more info www.artinromneymarsh.org/airm-2023