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Marsden Rock Communities

By Deborah Gardner 2016
Placed within the shelves of the library of Conway Hall, this works prompts thoughts both on the minutiae and magnitude of social, political and cultural bodies. Marsden Rock Communities tests the impact of proximal space. Photographs on wooden blocks of barnacles and limpets clustered on the surface of Marsden Rock reflects on how bird, insect and marine life swarm, migrate and co-exist in an inter dependency with the rock strata to make up the vibrant assembly. The intention is for us to consider the interconnectedness of human and non human forces and assemblages
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