https://jamesravinet.info James Ravinet Thu, 13 Mar 2025 20:52:01 +0000 https://jamesravinet.info en https://jamesravinet.info/Wrecked-on-the-Intertidal-Zone Sun, 27 Sep 2015 21:46:48 +0000 James Ravinet https://jamesravinet.info/Wrecked-on-the-Intertidal-Zone 'Wrecked on The Intertidal Zone' was an art and citizen science collective inquiry that has uncovered and highlighted local knowledge about the changing ecology, society and industry of the Thames estuary. The project was conceived by artists YoHa, Critical Art Ensemble, Andy Freeman, Fran Gallardo, and arts organisation Arts Catalyst, and developed in partnership with local people in Southend and Leigh-on-Sea. Over the period of a year from 2015 to 2016, I followed the project closely to produce a series of films, documenting public events and artist responses that led to the eventual resinking of ‘The Souvenir’: A forty foot, twelve ton Thames bawley fishing vessel rescued from the estuary mud. Reconfigured as a public monument inscribed with local knowledge and lost species, the ship can now be visited at low tide off of a public footpath by Two Tree Island. Further context on the project can be found here.&nbsp; Epitaphs of the Common Mud, digital video, 2016. Filmed and edited by James Ravinet.&nbsp; “Here are the names of the disappeared that haunt the Thames Estuary. The pitch pine planking of the Souvenir is inhabited, scarred, cut, and incised with that which has been lost at sea, displaced, dispossessed, evicted, or pushed to extinction.” A short film of the project Graveyard of Lost Species, the Souvenir boat being installed with ‘lost species’ and sailed back out into the estuary. Graveyard of Lost Species is a temporary monument by artists YoHa and Critical Art Ensemble, commissioned by Arts Catalyst. The collaborative project celebrates the local tradition of wrecking boats on the salt marsh which in turn act as a concrete but decaying memory of what has passed. Graveyard of Lost Species records and acknowledges wildlife, marine creatures, people, livelihoods, fishing methods, landmarks, mythologies, and local dialects that once flourished in the Thames Estuary and are now absent.’&nbsp; Critical Art Ensemble.&nbsp; <img width="2126" height="1417" width_o="2126" height_o="1417" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e7e7b38ba86839beca59df9b54ddbbd880c0a0e035e58d61097d48f07c64881/Stuart01-copy.jpg" data-mid="161061922" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3e7e7b38ba86839beca59df9b54ddbbd880c0a0e035e58d61097d48f07c64881/Stuart01-copy.jpg" /> Image: Stuart McHardy installs laser-cut inscriptions on the ship at a temporary mooring on Belton Way.&nbsp; Fun Mud Day, 2015. Filmed and edited by James Ravinet.&nbsp; Over the summer of 2015, the wreck of the Souvenir was cleaned and re-configured, whilst sited in a prominent public setting by the Belton Way Small Craft Club in Old Leigh. The wreck served as a centre point for a set of enquiries with people in the area, to gather local knowledge of and expertise about 'lost species' of wildlife, marine creatures, livelihoods, fishing methods, landmarks and local dialects that once flourished in the Estuary. <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/443c87c01225c96ca13a3dc12c5bcd81f933b49fd76e45e841c266b93ed4ec30/Arts-Catalyst3_o.jpg" data-mid="161061924" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/443c87c01225c96ca13a3dc12c5bcd81f933b49fd76e45e841c266b93ed4ec30/Arts-Catalyst3_o.jpg" />Installation view:&nbsp;Notes from the Field: Commoning Practices in Art and Science, Arts Catalyst.&nbsp; In conversation: Graham Harwood, Rachel Lichtenstein and Critical Art Ensemble, 2015. Filmed and edited by James Ravinet. Sound recorded by Stuart Bowditch.&nbsp; “How do you make a monument that, rather than creating a smooth ideological space in which all people are expected to feel and believe in the same way, instead accounts for difference and allows for the contradictions and conflict of history, that lets all the different voices speak out? It might be a community but there is not unity of story – there are vastly indifferent interpretations of what’s going on. We are creating an anti-monument that will come apart, like the memories, over time.” Steve Kurtz, Critical Art Ensemble.&nbsp; <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ac274515374afce2d5cc79b3661234d5108582a0af351fefcef4ad3423b8a547/12045314_10153216060660098_5106718021167873803_o.jpg" data-mid="187022775" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ac274515374afce2d5cc79b3661234d5108582a0af351fefcef4ad3423b8a547/12045314_10153216060660098_5106718021167873803_o.jpg" />Image: Preparing to float and resink ‘The Souvenir’ off of Two Tree Island. ‘Talking Dirty: Tongue First’, Leigh-on-Sea Maritime Festival, August 2015. Filmed and edited by James Ravinet.&nbsp;Artist Fran Gallardo presented his Tongue First menu to the people of Essex at the annual Leigh-on-Sea Maritime Festival. People tried grey mullet with hair soy sauce, edge cordial, mud cola and many salty greens of the Thames Estuary.&nbsp; <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eebe8847357e5f4f5b1c13fd9bbebb7e26ec5b8bb4030c9b5ffedd2c9d9d19d3/12646647_10153370291600098_2819742646903254066_o.jpg" data-mid="187022777" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eebe8847357e5f4f5b1c13fd9bbebb7e26ec5b8bb4030c9b5ffedd2c9d9d19d3/12646647_10153370291600098_2819742646903254066_o.jpg" /> Image: Stuart McHardy preparing the hull of the ship for the installation of laser-cut inscriptions.&nbsp; <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e2ee78eff65d257060ce851368a964d8563523d7f2aabfe5cf1b0d91b8f6fa95/12525517_10153370290050098_44995851545668104_o.jpg" data-mid="187022776" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e2ee78eff65d257060ce851368a964d8563523d7f2aabfe5cf1b0d91b8f6fa95/12525517_10153370290050098_44995851545668104_o.jpg" /> Image: Fun Mud Day gathering at Belton Way.&nbsp; https://jamesravinet.info/Follow-the-Forest-Audio-Guide-and-Map Thu, 13 Mar 2025 20:52:01 +0000 James Ravinet https://jamesravinet.info/Follow-the-Forest-Audio-Guide-and-Map Follow the Forest is an audio-guided walk between Highams Park Lake and the Epping Forest Visitor Centre at Chingford. Approximately two miles in distance, this short yet abundant forest walk takes around one and a half hours to complete, with several stops along the way to take in your surroundings, including information and reflections from several individuals and groups connected to this landscape. The route will take you via the meandering flow of the River Ching, through Hatch Forest and Whitehall Plain and onwards to the ancient trees of Barn Hoppitt.&nbsp; The route includes several stops along the way to take in your surroundings, including information and reflections from several individuals and groups connected to this landscape including Epping Forest Heritage Trust, Chingford Historical Society, Ching Brook Action Group, Highams Park Planning Group and local author and historian Georgina Green. As you listen along, refer to the illustrated map of the walking route, whereby each number on the map correlates with the audio tracks.&nbsp; Listen to the audio-guide here. Download a copy of the map here. <img width="1754" height="2758" width_o="1754" height_o="2758" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/955ee76621cfd6e0949977d863b1ddaf4b2d8ea2eaad87211da70664c4e119c5/Follow-the-forest-web-based-map_page-0001.jpg" data-mid="228219288" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/955ee76621cfd6e0949977d863b1ddaf4b2d8ea2eaad87211da70664c4e119c5/Follow-the-forest-web-based-map_page-0001.jpg" /> Illustration and design by artist Philippa Stewart. Organised by artists&nbsp;Shaun C Badham and James Ravinet as part of a series of walks in 2024, this guide forms part of a project which seeks to explore and make visible the unique history and ecology of Epping Forest. It takes as its focus the origins of the Epping Forest Act of 1878, a groundbreaking piece of legislation which protects this environment from development and enclosures of the land. The walk also highlights the many community groups, organisations and residents that continue in this tradition of preserving the forest.&nbsp; Special thanks to Georgina Green, Janet Laban, Robyn Lammiman, Amy Lau, Gary Stone, Gordon Turpin and the City of London Corporation. Sound editing by Paul Bates and Gabrielle Milanese. This project is kindly supported by Waltham Forest Council’s Make It Happen Grant programme. Epping Forest is owned and managed by the City of London Corporation. For official information and guidance about Epping Forest, please refer to the City of London website. https://jamesravinet.info/Follow-the-Forest-Walks Thu, 16 May 2024 10:13:55 +0000 James Ravinet https://jamesravinet.info/Follow-the-Forest-Walks Follow the Forest is a project by artists Shaun C. Badham and James Ravinet exploring the unique ecology, land rights and history of Epping Forest. The project draws inspiration from the organised protest and lobbying that led to the Epping Forest Act 1878, and the many residents, community groups and organisations that have succeeded in protecting the vitality of the forest environment ever since. With its protection enshrined in law, the forest is a rich ecosystem of wildlife and heritage that provides respite, meaning and exploration for residents and visitors alike. Delivered over the summer of 2024 in the form of guided walks from Highams Park Lake to Epping Forest Visitor Centre, Chinford - the route includes passing by the meandering flow of the river Ching, through Hatch Forest and Whitehall Plain and onwards to the ancient trees of Barn Hoppit.&nbsp; The guided walks followed the forest to explore and observe the natural environment, registering the layering of social histories, governance and ecologies that converge along the way. From the history of forest retreats and the Victorian temperance movement to the site of the first known Eid prayers in London. Two variations of the walk included contributions from Gordon Turpin (The Highams Park Planning Group), Amy Liu/Robyn Lammiman (Epping Forest Heritage Trust), Gary Stone (Chingford Historical Society), Janet Lapan (The Ching Brook Action Group) and local author and historian Georgina Green, who each provided us with an insight into their work and knowledge around Epping Forest. A representation of this walk in the form of an audio guide and map can be found here.&nbsp; Walk 1: Saturday 31st August 2024, 11.00am to 2.00pm.&nbsp; <img width="1902" height="1902" width_o="1902" height_o="1902" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9fe5a141caa62cef3c676fed3f57848cc085dbe68953fb316765f18762fa82e8/walk-1-slide-1.jpg" data-mid="216406845" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9fe5a141caa62cef3c676fed3f57848cc085dbe68953fb316765f18762fa82e8/walk-1-slide-1.jpg" /> <img width="4496" height="3000" width_o="4496" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2a0372eb405d959807ab9a5a037cb65d85a11597ab918dae8717fbde4480f6ca/DSC_0371-1.jpg" data-mid="228220181" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2a0372eb405d959807ab9a5a037cb65d85a11597ab918dae8717fbde4480f6ca/DSC_0371-1.jpg" /> <img width="4496" height="3000" width_o="4496" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/25209246415218aea53216a4cb8ce15731d2e42e0ddc893149927b40bfbb1deb/DSC_0318-1.jpg" data-mid="228220182" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/25209246415218aea53216a4cb8ce15731d2e42e0ddc893149927b40bfbb1deb/DSC_0318-1.jpg" /> <img width="4496" height="3000" width_o="4496" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9803453798820fafcd31d59e767dbcf8025143ce25d50b42530bb068ed7375a8/DSC_0352-2.jpg" data-mid="228220281" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9803453798820fafcd31d59e767dbcf8025143ce25d50b42530bb068ed7375a8/DSC_0352-2.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="601" width_o="900" height_o="601" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e9fd5db6142077fe6384ea59ffdde1f4258101b9dfd5a925d69237cd08e2cdcb/DSC_0299.jpg" data-mid="228220183" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/e9fd5db6142077fe6384ea59ffdde1f4258101b9dfd5a925d69237cd08e2cdcb/DSC_0299.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="601" width_o="900" height_o="601" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/22353eb9da63727f15baac5f049a525efc5574e6c2c5f28140cda1b573c34c42/DSC_0258.jpg" data-mid="228220184" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/22353eb9da63727f15baac5f049a525efc5574e6c2c5f28140cda1b573c34c42/DSC_0258.jpg" /> Photo Credit: Christina Ravinet&nbsp; &nbsp; Walk 2: Saturday 7th September 2024, 11.00am to 2.00pm.&nbsp; <img width="1902" height="1902" width_o="1902" height_o="1902" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f54b1deccec119e86e8dd3932ed2f57f9454d5456c487b694e31bd676b649e5d/Walk-2-slide-1.jpg" data-mid="216406887" border="0" data-scale="40" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f54b1deccec119e86e8dd3932ed2f57f9454d5456c487b694e31bd676b649e5d/Walk-2-slide-1.jpg" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<img width="1902" height="1902" width_o="1902" height_o="1902" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e6b57170ba429762acfa416a0edba13597d0a391e4eb38e81db7b92175744d06/Walk-2-Slide-3.jpg" data-mid="216406888" border="0" data-scale="40" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e6b57170ba429762acfa416a0edba13597d0a391e4eb38e81db7b92175744d06/Walk-2-Slide-3.jpg" /> Illustration and design by Philippa Stewart.&nbsp; <img width="3089" height="2048" width_o="3089" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d9e98e6f3209a69bad6cbdb2c7f61f38f59a2efdb67d129b06cd1ef03a0cb5e/000072770008.jpg" data-mid="211050343" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2d9e98e6f3209a69bad6cbdb2c7f61f38f59a2efdb67d129b06cd1ef03a0cb5e/000072770008.jpg" />Image: Fallen tree at Highams Park, April 2024. Photo: James Ravinet. <img width="3089" height="2048" width_o="3089" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9bdb37cab70010a5798d6665d79fd54b06b38ff7f3863a18835ee8a65f1e43b3/000072770003.jpg" data-mid="228220315" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9bdb37cab70010a5798d6665d79fd54b06b38ff7f3863a18835ee8a65f1e43b3/000072770003.jpg" /> <img width="3089" height="2048" width_o="3089" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c896a557e88b2c3106745f7782a60fdc937af9ca41e13f203030594dcca521aa/000072770006.jpg" data-mid="228220316" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c896a557e88b2c3106745f7782a60fdc937af9ca41e13f203030594dcca521aa/000072770006.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="3089" width_o="2048" height_o="3089" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b4070b6ff1b5bfcb0004af38b9103a9da00470206a29b6f92a4622a02f3ed141/000072770011.jpg" data-mid="228220317" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b4070b6ff1b5bfcb0004af38b9103a9da00470206a29b6f92a4622a02f3ed141/000072770011.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="3089" width_o="2048" height_o="3089" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1aae8d5fdfaf4b129b6d4922f6bef45e037cad701f283c2d597447a078ff6ce7/000072770012.jpg" data-mid="228220318" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1aae8d5fdfaf4b129b6d4922f6bef45e037cad701f283c2d597447a078ff6ce7/000072770012.jpg" /> Follow the Forest emerged from an earlier project titled ‘Marking the Land’ (2023), which sought to explore the preservation of public rights of way along The Essex Way; an 81-mile long waymarked route from Epping Forest to Harwich, Essex. The route was first established by students from Chelmsford Technical College in 1972, but made accessible and popularised thanks to the voluntary work of the West Essex Ramblers. This same group has strong ties to Epping Forest, working alongside conservation and community groups to uphold the protection of the forest, and maintaining or promoting walking routes in the area. In this sense, the walking route and project is indicative of how access to greenspaces can connect us, both literally and historically, promoting shared values and cultures associated with upholding the protection of access to open spaces.Follow the Forest is made possible by Waltham Forest Council’s Make It Happen grants programme. <img width="1418" height="945" width_o="1418" height_o="945" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/30af8b9c4479b59e572e4729248de3e8346ea879befb24e899f0a31fa04b877b/Make-It-Happen-2024.jpg" data-mid="211050909" border="0" data-scale="21" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/30af8b9c4479b59e572e4729248de3e8346ea879befb24e899f0a31fa04b877b/Make-It-Happen-2024.jpg" /><img width="171" height="118" width_o="171" height_o="118" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d85dde39773f7069396455a5b0198e113d434ef23a89437907753a08142ce7ce/WF-logo-1.jpg" data-mid="211050912" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/171/i/d85dde39773f7069396455a5b0198e113d434ef23a89437907753a08142ce7ce/WF-logo-1.jpg" /> https://jamesravinet.info/Marking-the-Land-50-Years-of-The-Essex-Way Mon, 05 Dec 2022 18:38:42 +0000 James Ravinet https://jamesravinet.info/Marking-the-Land-50-Years-of-The-Essex-Way <img width="2000" height="1000" width_o="2000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c07b079830c61de3ec3bad56ec1157dc5db406c67ba7f4feec34a008c1bc4c9/eventbrite-banner-option-3.jpg" data-mid="192240722" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3c07b079830c61de3ec3bad56ec1157dc5db406c67ba7f4feec34a008c1bc4c9/eventbrite-banner-option-3.jpg" /> Marking the Land is a project in collaboration with artist Shaun C Badham to mark the 50th anniversary year of The Essex Way; an 81-mile-long waymarked footpath from Epping to Harwich founded by Campaign for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) in 1972. The act of moving through the landscape is underpinned with complex histories and laws which identify it as a potentially radical act in the context of infringement of rights and the rising cost of land. Traversing public and private land, walking is often closely tied to leisure, however, historically many routes have been established for religion, commerce, as a form of protest or campaigning. The recent work of campaigners has seen the government cancel a deadline for registering forgotten paths under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act, validating the importance for public access to be maintained in the countryside. To this end, this project aims to celebrate the alternative exploration of the county in lesser known environments, expanding upon a network of walking routes that exemplify the diverse and various nature of the region. Presented as a free guided walk along a small section of the route in September 2022, this 4.5 mile circular walk from Fairstead to Terling included several unique examples of architecture, history and artworks that exemplify how walking can help us to re-engage with our environment through a heightened awareness of the conditions around us. Beginning at St Mary the Virgin Church, with its remarkable 14th century fresco paintings of the Passion Cycle, the walk traverses open countryside, farmland, wood, and hedgerows. The route also passes by The Essex Way information point at Fuller Street, with an opportunity for a break at the Square and Compass pub; a notable destination which includes an original hand-drawn map of the ‘Ley Lines of Essex’ by the author and artist Terry Johnson. The route also passes Terling Smock Mill before looping back through tranquil woodland to Fairstead.⁣ As we passed through the land, we observed markings, land-use and history, offering reflections and contributions from those with specific local knowledge. Contributors include: James Ravinet, Shaun C. Badham, David Boyle (Church Warden) , Victor Roome/Susan Poole (Landlords, Square and Compasses Pub), Philippa Stewart (Artist) and Peter Jepson (Chelmer and Blackwater Ramblers). Observations, extracts and documentation from this guided walk have informed a new publication due for release in October 2023. Marking the Land is generously supported by Essex County Council’s Arts and Cultural Fund (2022). ⁣ <img width="3648" height="2736" width_o="3648" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5cc448761ae4a150c8187bcd16e84a962591a349a9858c4dba032b90bb8bce1c/GOPR0893.JPG" data-mid="161086582" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5cc448761ae4a150c8187bcd16e84a962591a349a9858c4dba032b90bb8bce1c/GOPR0893.JPG" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3b4141a192153d715ed8d807d83e511e8eaac0688e9fa7b8afb8d17349545788/SBJR_2.jpg" data-mid="187023957" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3b4141a192153d715ed8d807d83e511e8eaac0688e9fa7b8afb8d17349545788/SBJR_2.jpg" /> <img width="3648" height="2736" width_o="3648" height_o="2736" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a946e65ea2a56e84a6e81009d29baf5a8454cd1b05f4e368a45fc362aea9830/GOPR0898.JPG" data-mid="161086586" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a946e65ea2a56e84a6e81009d29baf5a8454cd1b05f4e368a45fc362aea9830/GOPR0898.JPG" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5ed52ac27cb4019da101ed0203d161f98f9bc88450a6ea6ecf9f0925880f4da3/SBCJR_4.jpg" data-mid="187023955" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5ed52ac27cb4019da101ed0203d161f98f9bc88450a6ea6ecf9f0925880f4da3/SBCJR_4.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f0e696983bd291aa9e8f93646a4e78c8a48ed7bfed281ac9e9590e7e18197e7/SBCJR_3.jpg" data-mid="187023954" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f0e696983bd291aa9e8f93646a4e78c8a48ed7bfed281ac9e9590e7e18197e7/SBCJR_3.jpg" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c076c2609cd7e57b86247dcf6fd3e7ab2dcec6fe6cc0f3babf03fc2ce2d6714a/Marking-the-Land-Publication-IP09A-AMENDMENTS-17-7-23_pages-to-jpg-0001.jpg" data-mid="187024822" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c076c2609cd7e57b86247dcf6fd3e7ab2dcec6fe6cc0f3babf03fc2ce2d6714a/Marking-the-Land-Publication-IP09A-AMENDMENTS-17-7-23_pages-to-jpg-0001.jpg" /> Event promotion design by Philippa Stewart.&nbsp;<img width="3089" height="2048" width_o="3089" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee6e99685a53e951ad6a789d85321ce9ade67c5044277b8c55ba264658110037/000051520001.jpg" data-mid="192454992" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ee6e99685a53e951ad6a789d85321ce9ade67c5044277b8c55ba264658110037/000051520001.jpg" /><img width="3089" height="2048" width_o="3089" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e5d2d51cbd4172d385fc07c836a520e948992695d1f52bb13fb68abd5e4f966/000051520014.jpg" data-mid="192455048" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e5d2d51cbd4172d385fc07c836a520e948992695d1f52bb13fb68abd5e4f966/000051520014.jpg" /><img width="3089" height="2048" width_o="3089" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f871db7321d5eecc85a2102d8d0fe3a841a139ad308f578fd19347437534fe3/000051520006.jpg" data-mid="192455098" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1f871db7321d5eecc85a2102d8d0fe3a841a139ad308f578fd19347437534fe3/000051520006.jpg" /><img width="3089" height="2048" width_o="3089" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72caf680f2096356b5207049a3275f33f2e3107ee39ed6155ae587ee711533c2/000051520021.jpg" data-mid="192455217" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/72caf680f2096356b5207049a3275f33f2e3107ee39ed6155ae587ee711533c2/000051520021.jpg" /><img width="3089" height="2048" width_o="3089" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7fdc2178c0be36984693f5b78bfb1881555742d9dd95ac179dc657f7022e8154/000051520015.jpg" data-mid="192455180" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7fdc2178c0be36984693f5b78bfb1881555742d9dd95ac179dc657f7022e8154/000051520015.jpg" /> https://jamesravinet.info/Publication-Marking-the-Land Thu, 03 Aug 2023 15:50:06 +0000 James Ravinet https://jamesravinet.info/Publication-Marking-the-Land Marking the Land is a new publication from Shaun C Badham and James Ravinet launching in October 2023. Conceived as a hyper-localised walking guide traversing a 4.5 mile circular section of The Essex Way, the project considers the radical nature of walking in enacting the permanence of public rights of way through our literal, physical trace in the landscape. With the reintroduction of a deadline under the Countryside Rights of Way Act 2000, the year 2031 will be the final opportunity to register forgotten paths, posing a threat to some 49,000 miles of routes and reinvigorating a new urgency to prevent the conclusive loss of public land and knowledge. ⁣⁣Beginning at Fairstead and looping back through Terling, the route passes several historical sites including 14th century frescoes, folkloric puddingstones and a former Smock Mill. Beyond these landmarks or artefacts, the publication looks to the landscape for deeper meaning: from land speculators and the agricultural depression to early examples of activism to reinstate disused paths in Essex. To be enjoyed remotely or as you follow the path, the project was initially conceived as a guided walk in 2022 to mark the 50 year anniversary of the Essex Way. Marking the Land is published by The Old Waterworks, and designed, illustrated and co-written by artist Philippa Stewart.&nbsp; Purchase the publication here.&nbsp; <img width="1334" height="2000" width_o="1334" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/39bfbd7798b4d265ee42ab69daada80bf4a56923ef289ed9389a579a1d3a3875/PTAIT_20230922_5090.jpg" data-mid="192243152" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/39bfbd7798b4d265ee42ab69daada80bf4a56923ef289ed9389a579a1d3a3875/PTAIT_20230922_5090.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1334" width_o="2000" height_o="1334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1cad53d012bcf06413844b55d99eb34d9c9b3cac1d66c3e140c88a4715cb2db2/PTAIT_20230922_5040.jpg" data-mid="192243151" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1cad53d012bcf06413844b55d99eb34d9c9b3cac1d66c3e140c88a4715cb2db2/PTAIT_20230922_5040.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1334" width_o="2000" height_o="1334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/97bcf1c0dbe9703986d318f9fa3cf0b74e4a84fa960092558aad278f4e57e9d8/PTAIT_20230922_5023.jpg" data-mid="192243150" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/97bcf1c0dbe9703986d318f9fa3cf0b74e4a84fa960092558aad278f4e57e9d8/PTAIT_20230922_5023.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1334" width_o="2000" height_o="1334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0fd596b7f4e830e10f8ea16067f7df78a0dc9ff08fcae81550139929c8c64826/PTAIT_20230922_5105.jpg" data-mid="192601947" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0fd596b7f4e830e10f8ea16067f7df78a0dc9ff08fcae81550139929c8c64826/PTAIT_20230922_5105.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/28686a6e690b1cb7cb1030ea8e8cbf473997e3b5ffe9345dae80a0406852c468/Copy-of-IMG_0864.JPG" data-mid="203913727" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/28686a6e690b1cb7cb1030ea8e8cbf473997e3b5ffe9345dae80a0406852c468/Copy-of-IMG_0864.JPG" /><img width="2000" height="1334" width_o="2000" height_o="1334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5848cba423b1b2b42290dfdc67c72324c75263e2ffec36accece1ede406fde3c/PTAIT_20230922_5167.jpg" data-mid="192601948" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5848cba423b1b2b42290dfdc67c72324c75263e2ffec36accece1ede406fde3c/PTAIT_20230922_5167.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1334" width_o="2000" height_o="1334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/11ca408b5ea6779bd0d5dfb3792bb33f38212b7d249c78b7bd734686240b4a71/PTAIT_20230922_5190.jpg" data-mid="192602075" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/11ca408b5ea6779bd0d5dfb3792bb33f38212b7d249c78b7bd734686240b4a71/PTAIT_20230922_5190.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1334" width_o="2000" height_o="1334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c8358f6ebb4f136a364094c58913d5331c76e122c8762ce3f9439cd558ce4ea/PTAIT_20230922_5123.jpg" data-mid="192602073" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4c8358f6ebb4f136a364094c58913d5331c76e122c8762ce3f9439cd558ce4ea/PTAIT_20230922_5123.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a26919a8b2f0e4a1e536a79d736b3f523256a00844e5585678f7ccd4aed4aa93/Copy-of-IMG_0867.JPG" data-mid="203913728" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a26919a8b2f0e4a1e536a79d736b3f523256a00844e5585678f7ccd4aed4aa93/Copy-of-IMG_0867.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c38705eb84479022c653fe9b511dd2ed69685020d03285de46c4a767a38740db/Copy-of-IMG_0862.JPG" data-mid="203913753" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c38705eb84479022c653fe9b511dd2ed69685020d03285de46c4a767a38740db/Copy-of-IMG_0862.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ca04990a4592ef258275a4e57ff7f4dfd307fa056540cc0c2053bd3bd0151ca7/Copy-of-IMG_0871.JPG" data-mid="203913729" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ca04990a4592ef258275a4e57ff7f4dfd307fa056540cc0c2053bd3bd0151ca7/Copy-of-IMG_0871.JPG" /> Photos courtesy of Paul Tait.&nbsp; Marking the Land is part-funded by the Essex County Council Arts and Cultural Fund. <img width="1792" height="352" width_o="1792" height_o="352" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a79792d930de3374b74d8d57d7cad4957aacac35cf35372e6f8c723eb316a55d/Arts---Culture-lECC-lock.jpg" data-mid="186918908" border="0" data-scale="33" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a79792d930de3374b74d8d57d7cad4957aacac35cf35372e6f8c723eb316a55d/Arts---Culture-lECC-lock.jpg" /> https://jamesravinet.info/Nuclear-Research-Residency-S-Air-and-Arts-Catalyst-Exchange-Programme Mon, 05 Dec 2022 18:38:43 +0000 James Ravinet https://jamesravinet.info/Nuclear-Research-Residency-S-Air-and-Arts-Catalyst-Exchange-Programme Nuclear Research Residency S-Air and Arts Catalyst Exchange Programme.&nbsp; <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/27867318aaf5750ae1752dfe777a595c74c6c3656d42f963d376f21b64682ee3/IMG_6419comp_o.jpg" data-mid="186800208" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/27867318aaf5750ae1752dfe777a595c74c6c3656d42f963d376f21b64682ee3/IMG_6419comp_o.jpg" />Image: Horonobe Underground Research Centre, 2017.&nbsp; In February to March 2017, myself and Warren Harper were nominated by curators Ele Carpenter and Kyoko Tachibana to undertake a 5-week residency in the city of Sapporo, Japan, as part of an exchange programme between organisations S-Air and Arts Cataylst. The following is a statement that accompanied a presentation of work at Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio following the conclusion of our residencey in March 2017: During our time at Tenjinyama we collated a body of research around Japan’s relationship to nuclear power, through meetings and interviews as well as several study trips. This emerged in parallel with ongoing research and works made in response to the now decommissioned Bradwell Nuclear Power Station, located along the Blackwater Estuary in our home county of Essex. Our research in Hokkaido included a visit to Toyotomi to meet dairy farmer and nuclear activist Kuse Shigetsugu; the Horonobe Underground Research Centre; Tomari Nuclear Power Plant (NPP); meetings with the Group for Decommissioning the Tomari NPP; Takeichi Saito, who has been measuring the temperature of the sea around Iwanai for 40 years to monitor the thermal discharge from Tomari NPP; and Arai Hiroaki, to learn about his book sharing initiative and involvement with libraries around the areas impacted by the Fukushima disaster of March 2011. At the end of our trip we also visited Fukushima prefecture with artists Kota Takeuchi and Shuji Akagi, exploring the exclusion zone and the experiences of residents in Fukushima City 6 years after the disaster. Visitor centres are one key method used by the nuclear industry to show information in relation to what they do and the facilities they build. In this context the production of nuclear power seems to be a rather benign pursuit, the imagery used and the forms of display attempt to ‘soften’ the image of the nuclear and persuade local communities that the presence of these power stations are beneficial for them as well as everyone else. There is little mention of long-term issues, nor detailed plans around the responsibilities or consequences around nuclear waste and the inevitability that this will be passed down from generation to generation. With the logic of the visitor centre in mind we have sought to question or consider this mode of display as well as the information that is selected to be shown within this context. We argue that the way in which the nuclear industry is represented and experienced in these spaces should be contested and questioned, particularly with heightened awareness around the increased risks presented by unavoidable natural disasters. Therefore we have brought together documentation from our time here, materials we have come across and that which has been shared with us on the various meetings that have been conducted. The gallery is used as a space to begin to interrogate the current ways in which the nuclear industry is presented. In doing so it creates a space that hopes to stimulate thinking around and reactions to the implications of a society dependent on nuclear power and the predicaments this presents in relation to the disposal of its waste. It allows for a multiplicity of voices that contribute to the discourses around this energy production method, how it is perceived and understood and what the future is for the legacy of the spent fuel it leaves behind. Warren Harper and James Ravinet, 2017. <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aad670432a229bf93438a80d1190bd9c56eea66826370226261396976c48bc5b/16903509_10154396051890098_5721388239733162508_o.jpg" data-mid="192247159" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aad670432a229bf93438a80d1190bd9c56eea66826370226261396976c48bc5b/16903509_10154396051890098_5721388239733162508_o.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f340e140483a10631cd517e259644eeee7aadc2dddb5b7f8ef64c8c7b073d8e4/17359206_10154430268860098_255278107050880849_o.jpg" data-mid="192247173" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f340e140483a10631cd517e259644eeee7aadc2dddb5b7f8ef64c8c7b073d8e4/17359206_10154430268860098_255278107050880849_o.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1350" width_o="2048" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ab2e2b7c1c41b958cc032b32dfcbbaaff4b3d4106d7e06cd5eaeb89792770da/17349982_10154432798755098_2527352186867812477_o.jpg" data-mid="192247171" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ab2e2b7c1c41b958cc032b32dfcbbaaff4b3d4106d7e06cd5eaeb89792770da/17349982_10154432798755098_2527352186867812477_o.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1350" width_o="2048" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6dd93fdcaf9f66f80dea96bc0a4353152c63d41608387b662df82a682f1f7b58/17311254_10154432799665098_7725334745194576670_o.jpg" data-mid="192247169" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6dd93fdcaf9f66f80dea96bc0a4353152c63d41608387b662df82a682f1f7b58/17311254_10154432799665098_7725334745194576670_o.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4b30744d03486929ab530fb354531ea99b45781e39512e9630a0d8469e4b94f1/17038675_10154395941320098_3821377556648757666_o.jpg" data-mid="192247161" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4b30744d03486929ab530fb354531ea99b45781e39512e9630a0d8469e4b94f1/17038675_10154395941320098_3821377556648757666_o.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/47c2480dd6782bfcdc8da1c806de8bb1098feffc44a5d9708ce1384e8ac30fcd/17038569_10154395941680098_4462763348364441645_o.jpg" data-mid="192247160" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/47c2480dd6782bfcdc8da1c806de8bb1098feffc44a5d9708ce1384e8ac30fcd/17038569_10154395941680098_4462763348364441645_o.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1078" width_o="1920" height_o="1078" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e087f619530d877057eff9b551f150358d8b9537f04c527abe040158dc82de4/16903442_10154361213760098_947392989048725404_o.jpg" data-mid="192247158" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2e087f619530d877057eff9b551f150358d8b9537f04c527abe040158dc82de4/16903442_10154361213760098_947392989048725404_o.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a25c903621ee89e0ac125cc5e24ddb4246f58e037d19cd6d1297cc21549fee56/16819202_10154363516020098_580717877418633339_o.jpg" data-mid="192247157" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a25c903621ee89e0ac125cc5e24ddb4246f58e037d19cd6d1297cc21549fee56/16819202_10154363516020098_580717877418633339_o.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e61a3f728010f2d351a5ede16d78864565e97b979e920d236e4a5ff3523a5ab0/16700515_10154349989575098_3557026987690166345_o.jpg" data-mid="192247156" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e61a3f728010f2d351a5ede16d78864565e97b979e920d236e4a5ff3523a5ab0/16700515_10154349989575098_3557026987690166345_o.jpg" /> Sample of images taken during research trips conducted during the residency.&nbsp; <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f1ae79b6541ecbce5040534e1c85240445d5a9c90d003fb1089c161a4faf053e/17546991_10154461785985098_1871630703967021935_o.jpg" data-mid="192248188" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f1ae79b6541ecbce5040534e1c85240445d5a9c90d003fb1089c161a4faf053e/17546991_10154461785985098_1871630703967021935_o.jpg" />Image: Installation view,&nbsp; Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio, March 2017. https://jamesravinet.info/Autonomy-in-the-Anthropocene-Essex-Nuclear-Archive Mon, 25 Apr 2016 21:34:05 +0000 James Ravinet https://jamesravinet.info/Autonomy-in-the-Anthropocene-Essex-Nuclear-Archive <img width="2058" height="1469" width_o="2058" height_o="1469" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9dec5765d1b376e334ca53d268693ec31c43c9245e08a0893469663857cd6e00/bradwell-archive_0031.jpg" data-mid="161061908" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9dec5765d1b376e334ca53d268693ec31c43c9245e08a0893469663857cd6e00/bradwell-archive_0031.jpg" /> Autonomy in the Anthropocene is an on-going project specific to the geo-political context of Bradwell Nuclear Power Station, located at the mouth of the River Blackwater, Essex. It is principally concerned with the dichotomy of power generation methods attributed to this concentrated region and how, in effect, globalised nuclear culture is realised in a tangible and localised context through various interpretations of time, perspective and governance. In its first iteration as an accumulative visual archive, it presents nuclear culture specific to this region in its broadest form in order to enquire upon the complexities of simultaneous and contradictory narratives that are gathered here in a representational space. This is with the intention to decentralise the role of the artist as author, and to work cooperatively. With this disparity in position, the project aims to consider various methods of resistance, critical dissemination, community and sovereign as a time specific response to the inclusion of Bradwell within the UK government's new nuclear programme and the possible development of a second generation nuclear power station.&nbsp; With the longevity that this necessitates, the project will seek to work and implement itself in a socially embedded context, with particular emphasis on collaborative and cross-discipline initiatives. Evident across numerous media’s including video and archive material. Nuclear Archive,&nbsp;2016, Various media. <img width="2551" height="1701" width_o="2551" height_o="1701" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/db11569befee33e0ecb63ae35279587c5efeb33b5d3d6e6495459dba269890a7/_MG_9939.jpg" data-mid="161061902" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/db11569befee33e0ecb63ae35279587c5efeb33b5d3d6e6495459dba269890a7/_MG_9939.jpg" /> <img width="2551" height="1674" width_o="2551" height_o="1674" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/77576e4d3cf3c7a1135f18721d64447e02b1fa0574f1a21ab1ab23c8b358e051/_MG_9931.jpg" data-mid="161061901" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/77576e4d3cf3c7a1135f18721d64447e02b1fa0574f1a21ab1ab23c8b358e051/_MG_9931.jpg" /> <img width="2052" height="1475" width_o="2052" height_o="1475" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/822759192342046e5b289c6f8be4a9e796e0646be5c4769abd0a2eacfa99159a/bradwell-archive_0033.jpg" data-mid="161061909" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/822759192342046e5b289c6f8be4a9e796e0646be5c4769abd0a2eacfa99159a/bradwell-archive_0033.jpg" /> Bradwell Power Station This presentation of material included a series official ephemera, publications and media distributed by the Central Electricity Generating Board who first commissioned Bradwell Nuclear Power Station in 1962. This was shown alongside a short video that relays the present tense of the decommissioned power station, managed in order to declassify Bradwell from a licensed nuclear site, and release it for a new use; remediated and returned to the natural landscape. &nbsp; <img width="2551" height="1701" width_o="2551" height_o="1701" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/60156261b26ad05724f8a14d2e4eef5fc78fa2b76df7f7e865c5f7aee350d3ff/_MG_9886.jpg" data-mid="161061899" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/60156261b26ad05724f8a14d2e4eef5fc78fa2b76df7f7e865c5f7aee350d3ff/_MG_9886.jpg" /> <img width="2315" height="1517" width_o="2315" height_o="1517" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2022cd0c2f519d02ceb2df4bbfcb6028c06cd57d6a53d80d150fc1297150e471/04bradwell-archive_0039.jpg" data-mid="161061906" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2022cd0c2f519d02ceb2df4bbfcb6028c06cd57d6a53d80d150fc1297150e471/04bradwell-archive_0039.jpg" /> <img width="2551" height="1701" width_o="2551" height_o="1701" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/142ca6e365c4c4b824a3907dc3922e10bf9b811365a3e87b3e56acbbbaca9294/_MG_9836.jpg" data-mid="161061898" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/142ca6e365c4c4b824a3907dc3922e10bf9b811365a3e87b3e56acbbbaca9294/_MG_9836.jpg" /> <img width="2297" height="1504" width_o="2297" height_o="1504" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/01d7b83aeeb6e2547408ad9bad21bd5a90fc99b1c6eb638e142484a3c29b7dba/05bradwell-archive_0038.jpg" data-mid="161061907" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/01d7b83aeeb6e2547408ad9bad21bd5a90fc99b1c6eb638e142484a3c29b7dba/05bradwell-archive_0038.jpg" /> END (Essex Against Nuclear Dumping) Similarly presented as a means to represent the discursive nature of energy production within this region, this part of the archive details a protest that took place in 1986 in relation to the nomination of Bradwell as a national repository for high level radioactive waste. Through the intense mobilization of a local community who created a temporary blockade, and a series of vigorous public engagement opportunities, Nirex (the nuclear industry body set out to review and nominate sites for the storage of radioactive waste in the UK) withdrew all proposals for Bradwell. This brings to light the present tense of the various perspectives that are held in relation to the nomination of Bradwell within the UK government’s new nuclear programme. If successful, Bradwell will be set for the development of a second nuclear power station that would be the first of it’s kind in western civilization. With thanks to: Burnham Museum, Kevin Bruce, Essex Record Office, Andy Freeman, Focal Point Gallery, Angenita Hardy-Teekens, Warren Harper, The Othona Community and YoHa. https://jamesravinet.info/Autonomy-in-the-Anthropocene-Visual-Mitigation Fri, 04 Aug 2023 16:20:03 +0000 James Ravinet https://jamesravinet.info/Autonomy-in-the-Anthropocene-Visual-Mitigation Visual Mitigation, 2016, 2 channel digital video. 10 minutes 50 seconds In Visual Mitigation,&nbsp;a 2 channel video emulates the visual inspection of the power station in accordance with it’s official method to ‘remediate the landscape’ in order to mitigate the visual effect of radiation upon local amenity. By citing the type and cover of species prominent within each periphery circulating the site, the power station begins to apply to an aesthetic demeanour in order to ‘visually soften or screen’ the sense of longevity that nuclear energy will invariable have upon the locality for years to come. Autonomy in the Anthropocene is an on-going project specific to the geo-political context of Bradwell Nuclear Power Station, located at the mouth of the River Blackwater, Essex. It is principally concerned with the dichotomy of power generation methods attributed to this concentrated region and how, in effect, globalised nuclear culture is realised in a tangible and localised context through various interpretations of time, perspective and governance. In its first iteration as an accumulative visual archive, it presents nuclear culture specific to this region in its broadest form in order to enquire upon the complexities of simultaneous and contradictory narratives that are gathered here in a representational space. This is with the intention to decentralise the role of the artist as author, and to work cooperatively. With this disparity in position, the project aims to consider various methods of resistance, critical dissemination, community and sovereign as a time specific response to the inclusion of Bradwell within the UK government's new nuclear programme and the possible development of a second generation nuclear power station. With the longevity that this necessitates, the project will seek to work and implement itself in a socially embedded context, with particular emphasis on collaborative and cross-discipline initiatives. Evident across numerous media’s including video and archive material. https://jamesravinet.info/Curatorial-1 Fri, 29 Sep 2023 13:08:34 +0000 James Ravinet https://jamesravinet.info/Curatorial-1 Curatorial&nbsp; From 2016 to 2022, I worked as both Assistant Curator and Curator at Focal Point Gallery in Southend-on-Sea. Working collaboratively with colleagues, I was able to work on the&nbsp; creative direction, development, and production of all areas of the exhibitions and public programme. This included ambitious gallery exhibitions, digital commissions, publications, events, public art and additional strategic or institutional partnership projects. This also included curating and coordinating Big Screen Southend; a permnanent outdoor video facility located adjacent to the gallery through which a year-round programme of moving image works were presented.&nbsp; <img width="2500" height="1666" width_o="2500" height_o="1666" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/59cd14ffca62c8784ab012d0e00430374f744646bd11cfcbc305431d25249d8e/Cutout-Intall-Window-NightFPG-BLANDY_ALUKALA-526.jpg" data-mid="192238037" border="0" data-scale="95" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/59cd14ffca62c8784ab012d0e00430374f744646bd11cfcbc305431d25249d8e/Cutout-Intall-Window-NightFPG-BLANDY_ALUKALA-526.jpg" /> Image: David Blandy, ‘The World After’, Focal Point Gallery. Photo: Anna Lukala&nbsp; <img width="750" height="469" width_o="750" height_o="469" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/230dc147254c4cd6d14153c191e0e590f1e43f8522f72c0322c7865c27304b16/Yuri-Pattison-colocation.jpg" data-mid="192440268" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/750/i/230dc147254c4cd6d14153c191e0e590f1e43f8522f72c0322c7865c27304b16/Yuri-Pattison-colocation.jpg" /> Image: Yuri Pattison, 2014,&nbsp;colocation, time displacement. Migrating Origins was an online project curated with Warren Harper at Temporary Arts Project (TAP), in association with SoSLUG in 2014. The project commissioned two new works including colocation, time displacement (2014)&nbsp;by Yuri Pattison and&nbsp; Ashiato / 足跡 &nbsp;(2014) by Harry Sanderson. Find out more about the project here.&nbsp; <img width="1276" height="894" width_o="1276" height_o="894" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1ab9734e4071c0fc068b764e425051d4bd6e9c66536211276cf87935bb1b117c/1780993_10151997869120098_1138081261_o.jpg" data-mid="192462431" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1ab9734e4071c0fc068b764e425051d4bd6e9c66536211276cf87935bb1b117c/1780993_10151997869120098_1138081261_o.jpg" /> https://jamesravinet.info/Anti-monuments-of-Southend-on-Sea Tue, 06 Dec 2022 20:20:39 +0000 James Ravinet https://jamesravinet.info/Anti-monuments-of-Southend-on-Sea Anti-monuments of Southend-on-Sea is an ongoing project cataloguing un-officiated or accidental remnants in the landscape of South Essex and the Thames Estuary that signify a critical representation of our shared histories, often tied to local knowledge, governance or historical events that are perhaps lesser known. #1 Ship Full of Bombs: Do Nothing&nbsp; SS Montgomery/’Ship Full of Bombs’: A WWII liberty ship which has been wrecked on the Nore sandbank in the Thames Estuary since 1944. The ship contains 1,400 tonnes of TNT explosives (13-15,000 individual bombs). Monitored by the Maritime &amp; Coastguard Agency (MCA), several declassified government documents indicate the wreck has not been removed due to expense, maintaining the status quo of ‘monitoring without intervention’. Several options have been considered for its management, including ‘do nothing’, the construction of a dam using London Clay around the wreck as a long-term natural barrier or the ‘duluxe’ version of containment; a sarcophagus structure to entomb the wreck for as a long as possible. Every option runs the risk of mass detonation. ⁣⁣More recent surveys of the ship indicate that its structure is deteriorating and that the prospect of collapse is becoming increasingly likely. In such an event, the detonation of the ships lethal cargo could be triggered, causing a tidal wave which would hit the surrounding coastal communities, smashing the glass of buildings, and causing hearing damage. The government claims to be undertaking ‘prudent risk management’, and this year a company were contracted to remove the masts of the ship to reduce ‘undue strain’ on the rest of the structure. The long-term management of the wreck remains contested and unclear. ⁣⁣It is strange to think how this known risk has become a part of our reality and culture, visible from the shoreline at Southend and Sheerness. Several of the MCA reports mention the wreck is used as a marker for the Nore sandbank and is one of many reasons why plans for a ‘Thames Hub Airport’ have been abandoned. For some reason, the idea of living with a risk without any decisive intervention or will to stabilise the surrounding environment resonates far beyond this wreck. <img width="960" height="640" width_o="960" height_o="640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/216aa867cd82174ab2eb87b14f38a6fe53a3dbac93726b8e99e2ab2db00c2b79/397521_10202936925161621_1965746990_n.jpg" data-mid="161189267" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/216aa867cd82174ab2eb87b14f38a6fe53a3dbac93726b8e99e2ab2db00c2b79/397521_10202936925161621_1965746990_n.jpg" /> <img width="1260" height="788" width_o="1260" height_o="788" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4d0f5f52c71ab8bf33ebab32b15a63340264d1ca38456d205caae28a429d99db/2912_THAMES-SUNK-SHIP_LEAD_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8.jpg" data-mid="161189266" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4d0f5f52c71ab8bf33ebab32b15a63340264d1ca38456d205caae28a429d99db/2912_THAMES-SUNK-SHIP_LEAD_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8.jpg" />