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Ghosts of the Restless Shore: Space, place and memory of the Sefton Coast

Collier, Mike (2015) Ghosts of the Restless Shore: Space, place and memory of the Sefton Coast. Art Editions North. ISBN 9781906832261

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Abstract

This catalogue features new contemporary art by five artists integrating visual, aural, historical and written experiences of the natural and social history of the Sefton coast, North West England.

Four of the artists (Jake Campbell, Mike Collier, Tim Collier, and Rob Strachan) walked the Sefton Coastal Footpath together in the company of local natural historian, John Dempsey, from the Sefton Coast Landscape Partnership, in the summer of 2014. The work in the exhibition (and this book – which also includes the artist Sam Wiehl) is based around the experiences of that walk, as well as a sustained period of research in 2014/15.

The Sefton coast is highly valued for its intrinsic beauty and biodiversity, some of which is rare by European and UK standards (the area has classified National Nature Reserve, and Sites of Special Scientific Interest). It is alive with wildlife in its dunes, pinewoods and heaths, and its tidal waters are home to famous shipwrecks such as the ‘Star of Hope’.

Ghosts of the Restless Shore is the result of a collaborative project, organised by WALK (University of Sunderland’s Walking, Art, Landskip and Knowledge research group) which began life as a series of walks (and then developed into a ‘walking symposium’) along the Sefton Coastal Footpath in 2014. The walks were advertised locally and members of the public were invited to join the artists and share their own experiences.

Published retrospectively after the project in 2014/15, and the exhibition at The Atkinson Gallery, Southport, 22 August – 15 November 2015.

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Item ID: 13268
ISBN: 9781906832261
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/13268
Official URL: https://www.cornerhousepublications.org/publicatio...

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ORCID for Mike Collier: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4409-0912

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Date Deposited: 10 Mar 2021 16:29
Last Modified: 19 Mar 2021 11:45

Contributors

Author: Mike Collier ORCID iD
Artist: Jake Campbell
Artist: Mike Collier
Artist: Tim Collier
Artist: John Strachan
Artist: Sam Wiehl
Author: Jake Campbell
Author: Mike Collier
Author: Tim Collier
Author: John Dempsey
Author: Geraldine Reid
Author: Jean Sprackland
Author: John Strachan
Author: Stephen Whittle

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