Life Boat

Discussion group and performance. ‘Fieldwork’ can be seen as a gathering of material, a line of enquiry responding to a particular site, a direct physical engagement where unexpected discoveries continue to unfold.
Artist Caroline AreskogJones’ practice is grounded in this approach. Following time in the Sea of Hebrides with ‘Sail Britain’, she presents within ‘Life Boat’, a moving image projection entitled ‘Sounding Line’ which incorporates captured audio and visual recordings gathered whilst afloat. It questions the impact of our sonic human interference beneath the fragile ocean, and composer and musician Oskar Jones, who created the soundtrack, will perform this live in situ at the start of the event.

Caroline has more recently been responding to an archive within the Natural History Museum considering working ‘in the field’ from an alternative, more historical perspective and a focus on the Cetacean Collection..

This dynamic conversation offers a unique opportunity to bring together Oliver Beardon (Founder and Skipper of ‘Sail Britain’) Richard Sabin (Principal Curator of Mammals at the Natural History Museum, London) and Sophie Nicolov (AHRC Early Career Research Fellow, Natural History Museum, London) for a discussion around the potential overlaps between ‘field’ and research, artistic practice and ecological activism. Free event 2.30pm - 4.15pm limited numbers see https://www.aptstudios.org/ for booking link