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Cultural Entanglements in Marine Environments

Artist Gill Melling continues her exploration of the human impact and reliance on marine biodiversity, through the lens of communities and environments of the English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark.

Her resultant residency art series will evolve through local conversations and observations, creating mixed media "entanglements" combining reclaimed, "natural" and human processed materials.

The Geopark designation offers a unique canvas, drawing together a geography that includes Marine Conservation Zones with their precious seagrass beds, that must share space with a fishing heritage that includes one of the largest fisheries in the country, a leisure industry, and local residents, all reliant on these same natural resources. All of this against a backdrop of UN Sustainable Development Goals that the world as a whole struggles to achieve, and a global ecosystem dependent on local conservation.

Gill's in-person studio residency forms part of a six-month project along with three other artists, Rachael Allain, James Murch and Laura Segan, each of whom will be independently exploring their own chosen narrative with English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark partners and associate partners, as well as audiences from across Torbay.

For more information on the wider projects visit:
www.art-hub.co.uk/ex/geoparkresidencies

During her time with us at Artizan we invite you to visit Gill to view works in progress, and to contribute to the ongoing conversations.

Opening days and times - https://www.art-hub.co.uk/post/gill-melling-opening-days-and-times