Category: Nature
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Shroud
‘The Sudarium of Oviedo, or Shroud of Oviedo, is a bloodstained piece of cloth measuring c. 84 x 53 cm (33 x 21 inches) kept in the Cámara Santa of the Cathedral of San Salvador, Oviedo, Spain.[1] The Sudarium (Latin for sweat cloth) is thought to be the cloth that was wrapped around the head of Jesus Christ after he died as described in John 20:6–7.’ The cloth has been dated […]
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Gully
The ebb and flow of the tides generally follows a sine curve, often described as the ‘rule of twelfths’. One twelfth of the volume of tidal water flows in the first hour after high water, two twelfths in the second hour, three in the third, three in the fourth, two in the fifth and the […]
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Stone Hole
Stone Hole is a collaborative exhibition of large digital photographs by myself, and a timelapse film by Susi Arnott, made in tidal sea-caves along the shoreline of North Cornwall. Originally shown at the Photofusion Gallery in late 2009, the show will toured to Peninsula Arts in Plymouth in January 2011. My interest began as a response […]
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Swimming for The Economist
This autumn Susi Arnott and I worked on a commission for The Economist’s Christmas special on swimming in cold, fresh water. We swam and collected stills, video and audio in rivers and Lakes around England. You can read journalist Emma Hogan’s excellent piece here. Photographs of cold water swimmers tend to be gentle social satires […]
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Thames Tides moves to the Bartlett School of Architecture
We’re on the move again Thames Tides will be showing at the Bartlett School of Architecture on Monday 19th and Tuesday 20th September 2016. 140 Hampstead Rd.NW1 2BX. (Room G02, Ground floor) Free entry 10am – 6pm. Please email or give us a call (crispinhughes@gmail.com 0207 207 0608) to arrange entry. Here are some photos and videos taken […]
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Thames Tides
A large-scale, 5-screen projected installation, created along the tidal Thames in central London This is my latest collaborative show with Susi Arnott. Twice a day, the Thames rises many metres to fill secret, enclosed spaces in central London. Cameras and stereo microphones, held under wharves, jetties and office-blocks, recorded four distinct audio films. Starting slowly, […]