Confluence for Change: Making the invisible visible
Throughout the Festival, 11am to 4pm
Sliding Water, 64 Marygate, York YO30 7BH (map)
Free admission
No booking required
Wheelchair accessible
Discover the hidden story of Yorkshire’s waterways at Confluence for Change, a thought-provoking multimedia exhibition revealing the silent crisis of chemical pollution in our rivers.
Powered by cutting-edge science from the NERC ECOMIX project, this audio-visual experience blends stunning photography with immersive audio to make the invisible visible. Drop by, gain a deeper understanding of the science behind river health and leave empowered to help protect our rivers.
You may also enjoy ‘The Future’s in Our Hands: Reclaiming our rivers’ on Saturday 6 June.
Image credit: William Joshua Templeton
About the artists
Will Joshua Templeton is a Devon-based photographer and artist whose work explores connection, the environment and our place within it. The environment is a recurring theme in Will’s work as he seeks to use his art practice as a force for change. Will previously delivered the Ways and Means exhibition and associated book which explored water quality issues in England.
George Hiraoka Cloke is an audio-visual artist, musician and researcher from Kent. His practice integrates notions of acoustemology, ecological awareness and seeding better futures through attentive listening and acoustic imagination.