Vanishing Point

This just in from UK artist ensemble Red Earth:

A SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATION/PERFORMANCE/RITUAL

4pm – 8pm Saturday September 24th in Birling Gap, near Eastbourne, UK

Vanishing Point is a temporary sculptural installation sited on the
cliff-top west of Birling Gap marking the continuous elemental erosion of the landscape, and capturing the geological tension between sea and cliff-face...

Birling Gap is in a state of constant transformation, eroding at a rate of half a metre per year. The installation stands on a future line of erosion: a vanishing point, where the land beneath our feet will eventually fall into the sea. You are invited to walk and mark this line in a participatory event with Red Earth, Indonesian performer Parmin Ras and musician Ansuman Biswas on a ritualised journey from the installation to the sea, concluding in a closing ritual at dusk on Birling Gap beach.

Since the project began natural disasters from the sea have struck Asia and the USA, and rising sea temperatures indicate an increase in extreme weather incidents. Vanishing Point acknowledges the impact on our own shores of the most powerful element on the planet.

G E O G R A P H

A Red Earth public arts project between May and September 2005 has been exploring the unique site of Birling Gap where in real time we can observe the effect and consequences of natural forces, and see revealed evidence of life’s evolution hidden for millennia. GEOGRAPH began with TRACE where over 100 participants worked to create a two hundred metre ‘erosion line’ across the beach, tracing a contour of where the cliff face once stood.

(click on any of the photos for larger views)

The day culminated in a ritual at low tide directed towards South East Asia and Indonesian artist Parmin Ras’ simultaneous performance on the South Coast of Java.

VANISHING POINT brings this process full circle on September 24th when Parmin Ras will travel from Indonesia to participate in the final performance.

Here are some close-up shots of the Vanishing Point...

GEOGRAPH: in partnership with The National Trust and the Applied Geology Unit at Brighton University; created in association with Made In Brighton, funded by Arts Council, England and Wealden District Council.

For details contact Red Earth: (44) 01273 232416

Comments

[faizal fahmi]

waiting red earth to perform in indonesia specially surabaya
best regards
[parmin ras dokumentator]

[Amy Lenzo]

I am confused - is this a note from Parmin?! If so, hello!

To those who don't know him, Parmin Ras is a wonderful Indonesian dancer who embraces all the grace and mystery of his culture. I was lucky enough to work with him on a project I commissioned as part of my work with RORE. There are details about his performance and photographs, in a article I wrote for Gatherings.

[faizal fahmi]

this is not Parmin ras but Parmin Ras video documentator.