Sabrina Dreaming (Severn Estuary Tidelands): Somerset Levels

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Friday, 7 April 2017

Sabrina and the Long View

With new (under)currents re-mixing the waters of the Severn Estuary, Somerset Levels, Shannon Estuary and the Wadden Sea, these are some muddy notes freshly dredged up and now drying off in the sun...

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Sabrina Dreaming

This artist-residency was initially hosted by the Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI) at the University of Gloucestershire and supported by a Leverhulme Fellowship grant. It continues now in other ways.

The Severn Estuary coast has the second largest tidal-range in the world. In conjunction with CCRI researchers and others, this geopoetic project seeks to expand and deepen the ways in which this water landscape is encountered and understood - scientifically, artistically and culturally. New conversations and involvements will be initiated by developing film/sound/sculptural works, drawing on some of the hidden and intangible essences of this coast. The pressing need for anticipatory adaptation to climate-instability presents us with a variety of predicted and unpredictable scenarios. Activating the gap between knowledge and imagination will be key to resilience and environmental justice over the long term.

Sabrina Dreaming
Many rivers have sacred personifications - in the form of tutelary deities. For the River Severn, this is 'Sabrina' or 'Hafren' in Welsh.

Sabrina Dreaming (Severn Estuary Tidelands)

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Friday, 7 April 2017

Sabrina and the Long View

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