We are looking forward to visiting the new exhibition at Grizedale Forest Galleries which opens on Thursday, 1 October.
Sense of Here: the feeling and knowing of places is by somewhere-nowhere (aka Harriet and Rob Fraser) and runs until 13 December 2020
The work asks how can we get to grips with the complexity of rural spaces, national parks and protected areas, and bring multiple points of view together? How do we connect to the places around us, and in the light of environmental pressures, go forwards from here, working together?
Sense of Here is an invitation to wander around the Lake District and experience multiple landscapes and points of view, beginning with a single tree and radiating out across the fells, lakes and valleys.
This is set to be a thought-provoking exhibition of photography, poetry and creative mapping. It is born from slow time outdoors and in-depth enquiries into different elements of landscape, centred in the Lake District National Park. The exhibition encapsulates ‘the feeling and knowing of place’.
The Frasers share reflections from long walking journeys and camping high in the fells in all seasons, including a 258km walk to complete a circuit of the National Park in July of this year; and they share insights from conversations with fifty specialists in environment and land use.
The exhibition also brings together contributions from more than 200 people reflecting on the value of the natural world and hopes for our lived-in, loved and fragile rural landscapes.
To find out more about the project, visit their website.
- Sense of Here has been generously supported by: Ensemble, at the University of Lancaster / The University of Cumbria / Lake District National Park Authority / Langdale Estates / Wordsworth Trust / Forestry England / Great Place Lakes and Dales / Ilford
