Last week we celebrated the art-science collaboration: Imagining Coastlines. We were lucky to have with us both the artist, Kaitlin Ferguson, and scientist, Ilan Kelman, who worked together on the project.
Their work culminated in a series of artworks which, displayed in the Museum for the evening, invited us to imagine and reflect on future coastal change.
@kaitlinferguson3 is an environmental and visual artist and
@ilankelman is Professor of Disasters and Health at UCL. Through a series of walks along East Anglia’s present and predicted future coastlines, Kaitlin and Ilan investigated long-term environmental processes, local experiences of change, and the futures that coastal communities may face.
It was fascinating hearing directly from Kaitlin, Ilan and Jonathan Larwood from the Curry Fund, which supported the project, during the in-conversation portion of the evening.
We were also thrilled to be joined by the Cambridgeshire Geological Society, whose Fen Edge Trail walk inspired one of Kaitlin and Ilan’s walks. They advised us on the best local geology sites to visit, and had local fossils from the Sedgwick Museum collection available to handle, giving us the chance to get up close with specimens usually behind glass!
Thank you so much to Kaitlin and Ilan for sharing your work with us and to the Curry Fund for supporting it. And a huge thank you to everyone who joined us!
Image credits: Kaitlin, images 1-2. Ilan, image 3.
Find out more about the project on Kaitlin’s website: /
