Many waters

I visited The Stove today to look at the new exhibition called SUBMERGE. It's the reaction of artists to climate change and very timely considering not only the COP21 talks going on in Paris, but the flooding which is going on all around us.

I was supposed to be in Carlisle today, but the Dental Centre phoned and cancelled my appointment as they have no electricity. I don't think the trains are running into the town yet anyway.

The exhibition was varied and I have chosen to blip the work by environmental artist Jan Hogarth, "Quest", partly because I was involved with Quest in a small way back in the summer during the Environmental Arts festival and took some photos of Jan and her fellow riders up on Queensberry. You can read about the project HERE.

For this exhibit, Jan has placed small bottle of the water she collected from different locations along the Nith on an old map of the area. Looking at the number of burns running down from the hills, it's easy to see why the Nith bursts it's banks so regularly in Dumfries.

Part of the SUBMERGE exhibition considers "Living With Water" and asks people to envision the future of the Whitesands . A booklet has been prepared and presented to the Westminster parliament. Hopefully, in the light of recent flooding and ongoing climate change, they will take it seriously.