Focal Point Gallery have based their annual Railway Bridge Commission on Southend high street on our Catchment to Coast project!
Waterscapes on Land is a new temporary site-specific public artwork by artist, curator and researcher Angela YT Chan.
Chan’s artwork focuses on six different sites covered by the project across the upper, middle, and lower catchment. These include woodlands, allotment sites, domestic gardens, and sections of coastline. Visually mapping these sites, the artist takes us through Southend and Thurrock’s varied landscapes that are facing the impacts of our changing climate. In particular, the artworks explore the timelines and activities of pioneering, nature-based solutions. They relate to how we take care of land, public and private, and how we improve resilience from flooding and coastal erosion.
About the artist
Angela YT Chan is an independent researcher, curator and artist specialising in climate change. Her work with videos, illustration, workshops and data examine how colonial histories of climate change shape systems of power, technologies, ecologies and today’s climate framings. She co-directs the London Science Fiction Research Community and is an educator (games, fine art). Chan is also a research consultant, having worked in international climate and cultural policy and on climate and sustainability projects for major cultural institutions.
