Thames

Monster Soup 2019

| Irma Irsara
Still from time lapse video work Monster Soup 2019

Monster Soup 2019 uses samples from different locations along the river to create projected time-lapses of melting frozen Thames water embedded with items found along the foreshore. A second microscopic time-lapse work shows what’s normally unseen with a focus also on micro fibre plastic and its potential impact on the environment. The accompanying sound track was created by musician and soundscape artist Jonathan Lambert.

In my work, I have always been preoccupied with nature and the environment, in large part due to my upbringing in the Italian Alps. Recently, my attention has shifted to issues concerning invisible nature, micro pollution and micro fibre plastic. My work explores ideas of transformation and adaptability in response to changes in temperature, landscape, boundaries, and the natural cycle.

The work will be shown at:
FORAGERS OF THE FORESHORE (Totally Thames Festival)
Bargehouse, Barge House Street, SE1 9PH
Wed 25 – Sun 29 Sep, 11am – 6pm

https://totallythames.org/event/foragers-of-the-foreshore

 

Rotherhithe

| Irma Irsara

A visit to Canada Water Library at the end of last week gave me the opportunity to take photos along the stretch of the Thames between Brunel Museum to Tower Bridge

Ritornando dalla biblioteca ‘super library’ di Canada Water e caminando verso il fiume, ammiro il riflesso dell’architettura in evoluzione attraversata dal presente, passato e futuro. Questo giorno il Tamigi era ormai sommerso dalla nebbia e qui riscopro la mia Venezia in inverno.

Mi chiedo se l’architettura vista davanti funziona in armonia con la natura solo nella nebbia?

Fissando l’acqua grigia del Tamigi, rifletto sulla praticalità del mio nuovo progetto che eventualmente diventerà opera – monster soup del 2017.