Future Floods

- Installation Art
- Photography
- Abstract & Conceptual
- Social & Political
- Socioeconomic Structures & Consumerism
- Clock
- River
- Installation Art
- Climate Change
- Flooding
- Weather Event
- Intervention
- West Cumbria
Dimensions
Photograph of Two foot clock.
Future Floods is a temporary mixedmedia artwork created in the River Ehen in West Cumbria on a cold December day in 2024.The artwork is intended to highlight the risk of future river flooding as a direct consequence of the climate crisis .Increased sea temperatures directly impacts on the weather creating more moisture in the air which in turn increases rainfall deposits and the likelihood of increased flooding.The River Ehen has increasing incidents of flooding in recent years which has greatly affected ecosystems and infrastructure along its course.I found the giant clock in a skip near the river which gave me the idea for the installation and installing the clock in the fast flowing waters was a tricky exercise.