EROSION: PANEL DISCUSSION
9 MARCH / 2 PM – 4 PM / FREE, REGISTER
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‘Erosion’ is a piece of research and a photographic exploration by Stephanie Wynne of how post WW2 the structural ‘waste’ of war was disposed of or reused. The work developed from a study of the beach at Crosby, which lies 5 miles north of Liverpool City Centre. Tonnes of rubble from the bombed homes and businesses of Liverpool and Bootle were dumped on a mile long stretch of the coast, post 1945.
The photographs disclose a very singular landscape, a recumbent ruin steadily being revealed – shifted and eroded by the tide. Across Europe huge quantities of rubble had to be cleared, this reverberates with the dreadful current conflicts around the world – when or if a conflict is over, how does the structure of a city or landscape recover? The past and present appalling loss of life is beyond comprehension, with every brick or piece of blasted concrete serving as a crude testament.
The project continues with the questions of: Can post conflict waste be reused, recycled and more importantly reduced, can we recover and learn? Specifically, how does the unique rubble beach at Crosby continue to affect our natural coastal environment?
Image: Stephanie Wynne