Clouded Border

Clouded Border was an extended collaboration with Megan Calver, developed with and for Durlston Country Park & National Nature Reserve in Dorset. The project drew inspiration from Durlston Castle's history as a lookout and signalling station and culminated in an on-site exhibition in 2022. 

Named after a variety of night-flying moth, this installation also referenced an innovative radio-based navigation system developed and deployed at Durlston during World War II. Known as Oboe, it allowed RAF bombers to precisely locate targets in Nazi-occupied Europe - at night or in heavy cloud or smog.

A two-week exhibition in Durlston Castle Belvedere included the presentation of a new sound and text work, combining Morse code signals with recordings from oboist Paul Sartin. These were broadcast to the surrounding sea, sky and countryside through the Belvedere's open windows. An artists' publication also accompanied the exhibition.

Clouded Border: laser-cut plywood and paint, woven polypropylene and wire, digital screen mounted on cut log, felt, plastic film, window cleaner, A3 (folded to A6) publication, two digital videos with sound (looped, 7 minutes), sound and text (10 minutes).