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Leading into the exhibition at Banner Repeater in October, we will be holding a reading group, thinking through some of the themes developed in the work: 'Meeting the Lough On Its Own Terms' by Ami Clarke in partnership with Friends of the Earth NI, PS3 gallery Belfast, DAS Belfast, and Sonic Arts QUB.
The work shares many common threads with N. Katherine Hayles new book: Bacteria and AI, and we will be meeting every two weeks starting from 1st September 7-9pm at Banner Repeater, and via zoom online.
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please email info@bannerrepeater.org if you are interested in joining us.
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Bacteria to AI
READING GROUP
in conjunction with
Meeting The Lough On Its Own Terms
Exhibition and workshops, PS³ gallery, Belfast
Ami Clarke
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Exhibition at PS² (Belfast)
7th August - 27th Sept
XR Group workshop at DAS (Belfast) 8th August
A partnership with Friends of the Earth Northern Ireland, Digital Art Studios, Sonic Arts Research Centre
and PS² (Belfast), and Banner Repeater (London)
Our first major project in our new space - PS³ - is a reflection on our ongoing work with artist Ami Clarke. Based in London, Ami has been coming to Northern Ireland since 2023 to work with Friends of the Earth Northern Ireland on an expansive project: Meeting the Lough on its own Terms, which explores ways of ‘sensing’ Lough Neagh at a microbial scale, from a multi-species perspective.
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In the long hot summer of 2023, Lough Neagh became overwhelmed with algae blooms to such an extent that the vibrant green images of the blue green algae went viral, making international headlines. Once a site of great abundance, supplying (as it still does) 40% of all drinking water to NI, and fishing a-plenty, with eel fishing famously being passed down through generations over centuries. The complexity of how the Lough became eutrophic presents a textbook case in converging dynamics of power, influence, and conflicts of interest, that have also developed over decades, if not centuries, around Lough Neagh and the watershed. Algae blooms offer a symptom of the climate crisis that emphasises the interconnectedness of vulnerable ecosystems with man-made systems.