...embracing and exploring the tide of change
High Tide is a unique interdisciplinary artist-led initiative which seeks to nurture a creative culture of sustainability and eco-logical consideration of our lives in a rapidly changing world.
Endorsed by the UK's Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM).
High Tide is recognised for its contribution to the Institution's vision of 'creativity at the heart of environmental policy and action'
In June we launched our new nationwide WATER'S EDGE project - see below for more details!
This homepage is a 'tideline' of our activity. Please scroll-down to view more information.
NEWS & EVENTS
WATER'S EDGE films - BBC on-line
You can now view the five Water's Edge films on the BBC Video Nation website.
To access, click this link here... Enjoy!
WATER'S EDGE - hits the Big Screens!
Manchester, Exchange Square Liverpool, Clayton Square
The public response to Water's Edge was wonderful! We received hundreds of photos from across the nation from sunrise to sunset, (4.36am to 11.00pm) on the Summer Solstice. The photos truly capture the diverse character of our landscape and environment, from beaches to fountains, swans to dragonflies, castles to beaches, and joggers to surfers!
We made a special selection of the photos and created a Water's Edge film exclusively for the London 2012 Discovering Places campaign. The films were screened over the 2012 Open Weekend (23 -25 July) in 19 cities across the
Funded by the Environment Agency. Supported by the BBC Big Screens.
Water's Edge is part of the
photo credits: J Buxton, J Brady © 2010
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WATER'S EDGE
a nationwide call to action!
a HIGH TIDE project created for the launch of Discovering Places over the London 2012 Open Weekend
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Monday 21st June 2010 is the Summer Solstice. We want you to go to your nearest water's edge and take a photograph - whether it's the sea, a lake, a river, a canal, a pond… or even a puddle!
Your challenge is to help us set a World Record for the most photos taken and collected from a nation on the Longest Day!
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Photos must be taken on 21st June and sent to us by text or email by 5pm on 28th June. To submit your photo: Text your photo - starting your message with WATER then the time and location to 81333 Email your photo - water@mybigscreen.co.uk including the time and location |
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All selected photos will be broadcast nationwide across the BBC Big Screens / London 2012 Live Sites network during the London 2012 Open Weekend 23-25 July 2010. Please visit www.mybigscreen.co.uk for Terms and Conditions of Participation. Water's Edge is funded by the Environment Agency and supported by London 2012 and the BBC. |
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Discovering Places is a London 2012 campaign to inspire communities across the
The London 2012 Open Weekend is an annual UK-wide celebration counting down to the Olympic and Paralympic Games. For more information on BBC Big Screens please visit www.bbc.co.uk/bigscreens
9 - 10 April 2010
STRANDLINE: Martin Mere WWT, Lancashire
artist in action Friday 9th and Saturday 10th April
sessions running from 10.30am - 3.30pm each day
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What's happening? Gordon MacLellan (Creeping Toad), lead artist with the Strandline project, will be working as a visiting artist at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Reserve at Martin Mere. During these days, Gordon will be inviting visitors to the Reserve to think about the implications of 'rising sea levels' for both themselves and for the wild animals and birds of the Lancashire coastlands. Visitors will be encouraged to record their ideas as words and images on hangings of wood and watery plastics, and to contribute to a larger artwork that Gordon will be creating over the two days. Visitors will also have the opportunity to add their own page to Gordon's Book of Changing Seas. The Martin Mere days are co-commissioned and supported by HIGH TIDE. |
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Martin Mere WWT - Burscough, Lancashire L40 0TA. www.wwt.org.uk/visit-us/martin-mere
Creeping Toad www.creepingtoad.org.uk
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8 December 2009 - 21 February 2010 Following our successful residency during the Climate for Change exhibition at FACT earlier this year, we return once again with our nomadic Office for Environmental Democracy. This time, direct from Copenhagen, we bring you an exclusive view of the dramatic political events as they unfold during the hugely anticipated 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP15. Acting as the official High Tide COP15 envoy, distinguished ecological artist Aviva Rahmani will be immersing herself in the burgeoning eco-political activism in the city and sharing her experiences with us via the High Tide blog. Why not get involved and join in dialogue with her? Log-on to share your views...here. This is the gathering storm… Also look out for our exclusive MANIFESTO FOR CHANGE 'community voices' project at FACT!
photo credits: J Brady © 2009 |
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HALEY: Trees of Grace - Walk the Talk to Forest
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Ecological artist, David Haley presents six eco-art walks in the city of Liverpool to join parks, gardens and wild places as a forest for sustainable living. The walks contribute to a thousand year long project to plant trees in ecologically meaningful ways to absorb CO2, reduce flooding, decrease air pollution, promote biodiversity, provide food, habitat and building materials, generate freshwater, offer medicines, adapt to climate change and inspire through their beauty.
• 27 October 2009, 10.30 AM to 1.30 PM: St James's Gardens to Wavertree Park • 17 November 2009, 1.30 PM to 3.30 PM: Princes Park to Dingle Promenade
Future walks scheduled for spring/summer 2010:
St Michael's to Sefton Park / Greenbank Park to Smithdown Health Park / Toxteth Park Cemetry to Princes Park / Newsham Park to Kensington Gardens Watch this space for dates and booking information!
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7th November 2009
ALCANIZ: Environmental Performance - High Tide - Manchester
photo credits: S Williams © 2009
24 October 2009 - International Day of Climate Action
UK-based environmental artists James Brady and Janette Porter 'took action for 350 minutes' with the high tide of the River Mersey. The change of the tide was the focus of the artists' simultaneous art performances at two specific sites on both sides of the river. On site, Brady and Porter engaged with the inter-tidal locations...
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BRADY: Palimpsest for Change (part 1)
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BRADY: Palimpsest for Change (part 2)
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PORTER: 350 Waves
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PORTER: 350 Waves
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photo credits: N Dawson, S Clough, P Taylor, J Brady © 2009
HALEY: a Creation Myth for 350 Futures
A 'polemic' by ecological artist David Haley in Liverpool city centre. As the themes of Global Warming, Climate Change move to 'centre stage', what is the role for culture and the arts? How may arts practice contribute to the discourse and how is arts practice being changed by this discourse?
photo credits: M Yates © 2009
In association with 350.org. Join the global movement!
12 July 2009
THURSTON & WILLOW: Treading Water (a perambulatory poem in Otterspool Park - Liverpool)
Composed and conceived by poet Scott Thurston, Treading Water explores the prehistory, geology, human and natural history of Otterspool Park in order to imagine distant times, images and stories. Staged as a series of posts throughout the park, the piece unfolds as a poem sequence accompanied by dramatic and visual interventions created by Elizabeth Willow.
photo credits: A Corkish © 2009