Ground Up Exhibition, Groundwork Gallery
From October to December 2024, I exhibited The Beaver and the Whale at Groundwork Gallery, in Kings Lynn, Norfolk. A wall-based installation, The Beaver and the Whale documented my research into the extraction of animal bodies from Norfolk wetlands and marine ecosystems, and the later reintroductions of beavers and some wetland birds. The work evolved out of research carried out as part of the Ground Up extraction themed residency in Summer 2024.
In November of that year I presented my research at the Groundwork Network inugural conference, and led a Creative River Walk with Nick Fisher from the Norfolk Rivers Trust, to offer a taste of my research methods, applied to Kings Lynn's rivers and its historic whaling industry.