They encountered a world of incomprehensible scale, raw beauty, and a timelessness that seemed to transcend human experience. Yet, this awe-inspiring environment is also one of profound fragility, its delicate balance increasingly threatened by human activity.
Charles Binns employs alternative printing processes to infuse his work with the physical essence of the landscapes he captures. For this exhibition, he has created salt prints using seawater collected from the Arctic Ocean, using simple plastic and pinhole cameras to record the landscapes of the Arctic.
Harriet Hellman’s ceramic practice is an immersive response to the Arctic landscape—an articulation of edges, transitions, and the layering of time. Through direct engagement with the land, she allows material, movement, and process to dictate form.
The exhibition is a dialogue between presence and disappearance, a celebration and a lament, a testament to the Arctic’s breath-taking beauty and a poignant reminder of its vulnerability.
