Category: Thames River
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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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Stranded Assets
Since the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015, HSBC has poured over $110bn into fossil fuel firms and projects. Valuations of fossil fuel companies include the oil, gas & coal resources they’ve claimed for future exploitation. To comply with the Paris Agreement, most of these must stay in the ground; Mark Carney (former […]
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Keepers
What do we keep and what do we cast out? Susi Arnott and I have been working with a portable daylight studio on the Thames foreshore, to produce an almost indiscriminate catalogue of objects, many collected during Thames 21’s clean-up and research events. Objects of disgust will be returned to the river or bagged-up for recycling […]
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Duck
Duck is a single screen 8.5 min, 16:9 ratio, film with stereo sound for gallery or cinema screening. The film emerges from our collaboration with Prof. Sofia Olhede at the UCL Big Data Institute. Duck premiered at the London Experimental Film Festival in Jan. 2019. Please contact us at crispinhughes@gmail.com if you wish to screen […]
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Bobby and Stillman up and running at UCL Science Library
UCL Science Library, Malet Place, London WC1E 6BT 020 7679 7795 Admission free Monday to Friday 09:30 – 19.00, Saturdays 11:00 – 17:45 July 27th. – September 22nd. 2017 UCL Science Library, in the heart of Bloomsbury: a longer run for the exhibition Bobby & Stillman, by Susi Arnott and Crispin Hughes, working with Professors of […]
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Bobby&Stillman in the Science Library
art, maths, movies and point-of-view Bobby and Stillman, our collaboration with mathematicians from UCL’s Big Data Institute is getting a long run at the UCL Science Library. UCL Science Library, Malet Place, London WC1E 6BT 020 7679 7795 Admission free Monday to Friday 09:30 – 20:45, Saturdays 11:00 – 17:45 July 27th. – September 22nd. […]
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Bobby and Stillman completes its run at Bar Juju
‘Bobby and Stillman’, our collaboration with Professors Sofia Olhede and Patrick Wolfe of UCL’s Big Data Institute, completed its run as part of the Creative Reactions show 15 – 18th May 2017. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPdXSqI-ApM&w=1280&h=720] Stimulating social context for inter-disciplinary discussions! See explainerising PDF handout here Bobby + Stillman in more detail
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Bobby and Stillman
A new tidal collaboration with Dr Susi Arnott. This time we’re working with Prof. Sofia Olhede as part of UCL’s Creative Reactions science-art project. Two time-lapse cameras (Bobby and Stillman), each accompanied by a stereo sound recorder, eye each-other as the tide rises around them close to London Bridge. Together they create a dialogue between a […]
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Thames Tides at Crossness Pumping Station
Thames Tides is screening alongside the beam engines at the ethereal Crossness Engine House. The huge building combines ponderous machinery and delicate filigree work to astonishing effect. Its function was to pump London’s sewage up above the level of the Thames and release it on an outgoing tide. What better place to screen Thames Tides? Here […]
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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 at the Brunel Sinking Shaft
Our Thames Tides installation has opened at the weird and wonderful Brunel Sinking Shaft in Rotherhithe. Only running till Friday 16th Sept. so get along quickly!Details here:https://thamestides.wordpress.com/screenings/
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Thames Tides at the Cinema Museum
‘Thames Tides’ launched at the Cinema Museum in Kennington, London on Sunday 4th September. See the Thames Tides website for more details and upcoming screenings.