Harriet Graham

"It is the chaotic movement and reformation of matter, which is seen most clearly in the churnings of the ocean, that both enables and disrupts (or reterritorialises and deterritorialises) earthly striations."¹

The weight carried is a project lead by exploring the temporal nature of the ocean cliff side environment.  I consider the impact of erosion, entropy and passing of time effecting the environment. Whether we are able to perceive it or not all things are in a state of flux. Understanding that change is constant allows us to see form always in transformation rather than an end and see the beauty within this temporality.

Through processes of analogue photography and collection of site specific found objects - I intertwine this idea of physical and visual erosion. My project builds a relationship between the continuous forces of nature and our own physical interaction with these environments.

Continuously revisiting the site I experience this change personally - being able to recreate this is comforting.

_{1. Wet Ontologies, Fluid Spaces: Giving Depth to Volume through Oceanic Thinking Philip E. Steinberg, Durham University philip.steinberg@durham.ac.uk , Kimberley Peters, Aberystwyth University k.peters@aber.ac.uk}