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This Endless Sea is an installation work exploring a relationship between grief, the body and the sea. The work is led by interdisciplinary artist Chloë Smith and comprises of a six-screen film, made in collaboration with artist and filmmaker Lucy Cash, and a soundscape by composer Kim Moore, housed inside a unique coastal shelter, designed by Bethany Wells.
The shelter acts as a marker on the landscape, its bright orange flag visible from a distance, welcoming passers-by and creating a physical, though temporary, space for grief. This Endless Sea is an intimate experience, with room inside for just one or two people (or a family) at a time. The shelter is looked after by a team of ‘hut keepers’, who are there to greet visitors and have conversations, and ensure those experiencing the work are undisturbed.
The work is born out of Chloë’s personal experience of loss, and was filmed on her local coastline in North Northumberland, where she regularly swims in the sea. This Endless Sea has been shown in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Heysham in Lancashire, GIFT in Gateshead, and a specially devised version in Limerick City Gallery of Art.
Compassionate Inverclyde
Alison Bunce will be on site each day (12-4pm) to represent Compassionate Inverclyde – to provide warmth, friendship, mindfulness activities and a caring smile to anyone who takes part in this event. Compassionate Inverclyde is a registered charity and social movement inspiring acts of kindness in the community in a variety of ways. Through NODA (No one dies alone) trained volunteers sit with a person in the final hours of life, in hospital, care home or in their own home. This can be a person with no family or to support exhausted and distressed relatives.
Facebook: @Compassionate Inverclyde
The Grief Library
Take your time.
Let your gaze drift over the shelves.
What piques your interest?
A title? The colour of a spine? An author?
Read what you are drawn to.
As little or as much as you like.
Dip into the world this book offers.
Curated by artists Steven Anderson and Laura Bradshaw, The Grief Library contains selected novels, memoirs, poetry collections, anthologies, graphic novels and children’s books all of which are an artistic or creative exploration of grief. Our beautiful bespoke bookshelves will be available on site each day and were made by members of Inverclyde Shed especially to house the collection. The Grief Library was first made as part of the No one Grieves Alone residency for Inverclyde Culture Collective.
Chloë Smith (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist and all year-round sea swimmer.
Chloë makes work that is influenced by choreographic practice, live performance, moving image and installation. She is always unsure what form her next work will take, allowing fluidity and inviting a questioning of disciplines.
Her practice is firmly rooted in the body and its connection to landscape, place and other people. She works with softness, honesty and generosity.
Working across art forms and settings, Chloë has worked in care homes, parks, empty buildings, studio spaces, galleries, schools, old shops, and on the beach. She loves working with people and in communities and creating spaces that can begin conversation.
Website: www.chloesmith.net
Instagram: www.instagram.com/chloesmithmakes
Part of the Feral Takeover at Galoshans 2024
Lead Artist: Chloë Smith (she/her)
Film Direction and Editing: Lucy Cash (she/her)
Composition and Sound Design: Kim Moore (she/they)
Producer: Charlotte Mountford (she/her) and Luke Collins (he/him)
Design: Bethany Wells (she/her)
Mentor: Ellie Harrison (she/her)
Cinematographer: Ole Birkeland (he/him)
Hut Fabrication: Matt Sykes-Hooban (he/him)
Text and Process Support: Luke Pell (they/he)
Field Recording: Pete Smith (he/him)
Image Credit: Jassy Earl
Thank you to James Watt Dock Marina, Compassionate Inverclyde and Steven Anderson and Laura Bradshaw.
Funders:
Arts Council England, Maltings Berwick, Newcastle University, Northumberland Arts Development, Berwick Town Council
S: Subtitles
T: Transcript
R: Relaxed Performance
A 3-screen subtitled version of the film can be made available on request digitally (online) during the time the work is being displayed. There is a transcript that can be given to audience members to read through before seeing the film.’
James Watt Dock Marina, The Sugar Warehouse, E Hamilton St, Greenock, PA15 2UA
https://www.jameswattdockmarina.co.uk/james-watt-dock-marina-scotland/marina-plan.html
Public transport: Bus Line 532, 901 or 906
Train Station: Cartsdyke (10 min walk)
National Cycle Network Route 75
Free onsite parking
An Easy Access Route along low level paved paths, step free routes
Seated exhibition/film with additional seating provided for those with access requirements
Toilet Facilities including Accessible Toilet available on site at Marina.
An intimate experience for one or two people (or a family) at a time.
Installation is Relaxed. This means you can move or make noise if you need to and can choose to leave and come back to the installation space
This installation explores themes of grief and loss.
Alison Bunce will be on site each day (12-4pm) to represent Compassionate Inverclyde – to provide warmth, friendship, mindfulness activities and a caring smile to anyone who takes part in this event. Compassionate Inverclyde is a registered charity and social movement inspiring acts of kindness in the community in a variety of ways. Through NODA (No one dies alone) trained volunteers sit with a person in the final hours of life, in hospital, care home or in their own home. This can be a person with no family or to support exhausted and distressed relatives.
Facebook: @Compassionate Inverclyde
Rig Arts: Charity No: SC042242
Supported by The National Lottery through Creative Scotland.
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