Exhibitions & Events

Current Exhibitions

Cape Farewell has led 7 expeditions to the High Arctic. From these expeditions has sprung an extraordinary body of artwork. Join the mailing list and let us keep you informed as new exhibitions and dates are announced.

U-n-f-o-l-d

19 May 2010 - 30th April 2011

Cape Farewell's exquisite new touring exhibition kicks off in Vienna in May 2010 then comes to London from 20th August 2010.
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Cape Farewell - Art & Climate Change

Last exhibition: Cranbrook, USA, until 13th June 2010

Cape Farewell's major exhibition Art & Climate Change, co-curated with the Natural History Museum in 2006 began its international tour in February 2008 at Fundación Canal, Madrid in collaboration with the Barbican Art Gallery Touring Department. Previously shown in London, Liverpool and Germany in 2006-07, the exhibition continues it's international tour in Tokyo to coincide with the G8 conference. The exhibition was opened by Sarah Brown, wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the Miraikan - Japan's National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation on 5 July and ran until 17 August 2008.
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Cape Farewell at Eden

Summer Season 2010

Cape Farewell's collaboration with the Eden Project contnues on 2/3 July with 'bi-ot'ik', a Cape Farwell stage at the Eden Summer Sessions.
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Cape Farewell at Southbank Centre

Three-year residency 2007 - 2010

In August 2007 Cape Farewell began a three year artists residency at the Southbank Centre, where we will operate as a cultural eco-hub at the heart of the centre's creative climate change initiatives.
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Past Exhibitions & Events

Cape Farewell artwork was exhibited across the UK, in Europe and worldwide. Find out more about a selection of the different events and exhibitions we have organised below.

SHIFT Festival

January 2010

In January 2010, Southbank Centre played host to Cape Farewell's SHIFT festival, a stimulating, provocative and energising programme of cultural events inspired by Cape Farewell’s expeditions to The High Arctic and Andes in Peru. The centrepiece of the festival was two nights at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on Friday 29 and Sat 30 January.
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Earth: Art of a changing world

3 December 2009 - 31 January 2010

This December the The Royal Academy of Arts opens Earth: Art of a changing world, an exhibition co-curated by David Buckland and part of the GSK Contemporary season.
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Cape Farewell at Eden

Winter Season 2009

This winter at Eden Cape Farewell present work by artists Beth Derbyshire, Daro Montag, Chris Levine and Max Eastley. Join us for an exquisite exploration of land, place and nation. Take part in the project Biochar and enjoy a special take on festive light and sound. The Winter Season opens at the Eden Project on Saturday 14 Nov, with the premieres of Beth Derbyshire's live performance and film work Anthem, with music by acclaimed composer Ulrike Haage.
Anthem at the Eden Project ›
Christmas Arts Cafe Event ›
Winter Season of events at Eden ›

Rome Film Festival

15 - 23 October 2009

An exhibition, a series of cafe events and panel discussions, and daily film screenings of Art from the Arctic introduced Cape Farewell in Rome to the festivals audience.
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Salisbury Festival

May - June 2009

Cape Farewell has been invited by the Salisbury Festival to contribute to the 2009 festival with art works, film screenings and a panel discussion. Visit the Salisbury Festival website for further information 

Tate Britain, London

February 2009

Panel discussions, art projections, sound installations, comedy, live music

On 6 February join us in exploring Sublime environments and artistic responses to climate change as Cape Farewell inhabit Tate Britain during their Late at Tate series for discussion, debate, sound and live music, plus an Arctic installation on Chelsea College of Art & Design’s Parade Ground.

To coincide with the Late at Tate, Greenhouse Gas, Sunand Prasad with Chris Wainwright will be presented at the Parade Ground, Chelsea College of Art & Design. Greenhouse Gas was originally installed during the 2008 Disko Bay Expedition on an Arctic beach near the Sermeq Avangnardleq Glacier on ground vacated by a melting glacier. A group of Chelsea College of Art & Design students have been tasked with responding to and recreating Greenhouse Gas, which will be exhibited at the Parade Ground on 6 February 2009. More on Late at Tate ›

Kaai Theatre, Brussels

January 2009

A Cape Farewell day of discussion and artworks

Artwork from Cape Farewell voyagers Shiro Takitani, Heather Ackroyd & Dan Harvey, David Hinton, Vicky Long and David Buckland will accompany a 4 day exhibition and debate at the Kaai Theatre, Brussels as part of a climate event Burning Ice - Art & Climate Change in January 2009.

During a panel discussion on 21 January, David Buckland, Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey will discuss the question posed by the artistic director of the Kaai Theatre Guy Gypsens; 'There is a long tradition of depicting the landscape in art history and philosophy. But how are we to relate to melting ice caps, felled forests and endangered animal species? Nowadays, the yearning for the ‘wildness’ of nature has been stripped of its last traces of romance. How does mankind deal with this ‘new’ uncontrollability? Are we able to redefine our aesthetic and ethical position, taking modesty as a core value?'
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Envisioning Change - UN Environment Programme

Tours internationally June 2007 to Sept 2008

A selection of Cape Farewell artworks was selected to tour with the Natural World Museum and United Nations Environment Programme exhibition Envisioning Change to Oslo, Brussels, Monaco and Chicago. The exhibition continues to September 2008 at the Field Museum, Chicago - its final destination.
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Art & Climate Change at Fundación Canal, Madrid

7 February - 27 April 2008

Cape Farewell's Art & Climate Change exhibition begins its international tour in February 2008 at Fundación Canal, Madrid, bringing the exhibition to a worldwide audience in collaboration with the Barbican Art Gallery, Touring Department. More ›

Burning Ice: The Art of Climate Change at the Metropole Galleries, Folkestone

October 2007 - January 2008

Alongside the Literary Festival featuring environment focused events, sound sculptor Max Eastley and photographer David Buckland transform the Metropole Galleries with artworks developed in response to their journeys to the Arctic.

Chicago Humanities Festival

November 2007

Cape Farewell presents ARCTIC at the Chicago Humanities Festival 2007, the stunning Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago's Millennium Park offering a perfect backdrop to the unique Cape Farewell collaboration between sound artist Max Eastley and video artist David Buckland. More ›

Cape Farewell 's Late Night at Whitechapel

Friday 11 May, 2007

As part of Whitechapel's Late Night Fridays series Cape Farewell presents Earth, Wind and Fire - a night of new songs, performances, artworks and information prompted by the urgency of climate change. More ›

Art & Climate Change at Kampnagel, Hamburg

March - April 2007

Cape Farewell travels to the vast industrial space of the Kampnagel Cultural Centre with Art & Climate Change, presented in collaboration with the British Council, Germany. A series of artists' talks and events take place during the exhibition, including a discussion between novelist Ian McEwan and Professor John Schnellnhuber, the world premiere of Max Eastley's ARCTIC at the Planetarium and William Hunt's Earth, Wind and Fire at Westwerk. More ›

Art & Climate Change at the Liverpool Biennial

September - November 2006

For the Liverpool Biennial, Cape Farewell - Art & Climate Change brings together - for the first time - the Liverpool School of Art and Design, Walker Art Gallery, National Conservation Centre, Liverpool Cathedral and the Albert Dock, interweaving sculpture, photography, painting, video and sound within the city's historic and contemporary spaces. More ›

The Ship: The Art of Climate Change at the Natural History Museum

3 June - 3 September 2006

The Natural History Museum, in collaboration with Cape Farewell presents The Ship: The Art of Climate Change, a free, contemporary art exhibition designed to deepen our understanding of climate change. Shown in the museum's Jerwood Gallery, The Ship offers a unique insight into the experiences of artists who have travelled to the High Arctic with Cape Farewell. More ›

Climate Change: Cultural Change at the Sage Gateshead

12 - 19 June 2006

Climate Change: Cultural Change at the World Summit On Arts And Culture - a second chance to see David Buckland's Water Wall, first exhibited outside the Bodleain Library in Oxford, re-designed for a railway arch by the Sage Gateshead. Alongside Water Wall the Outdoor Modular Exhibition tells the story of the Cape Farewell project with images of the Arctic expeditions and artworks being developed subsequently. Features a soundscape, driven by solar power, by artist Max Eastley the modular structure also incorporates work from the scientists who have voyaged with Cape Farewell and published current climate information.

The Ice Garden

December 2005, Bodleian Library, Oxford

The Ice Garden - the first Cape Farewell exhibition - shows works inspired by voyages with artists, scientists and educators into the High Arctic, with artists developing sound, light, text and sculptural installations for the Clarendon Quad in front of the Bodleian Library. More ›

Nø-äch's Årc-tìc

December 2005, Curwen Gallery

A show by Michèle Noach featuring works developed from the 2004 expedition.

Don’t want to be part of your world

September  2005, Victoria Miro Gallery

Don't want to be part of your world by Alex Hartley features work developed from the 2004 and 2005 Cape Farewell expeditions.

Ice Texts at Somerset House

January 2005

David Buckland's Ice Texts screened each night for two weeks in January 2005. The work, projected on the facade of Somerset House, was created during the 2004 Cape Farewell expedition.

Liverpool Biennial 2004

Max Eastley and David Buckland exhibit work at the John Moore's University Gallery as part of the the Liverpool Biennial 2004, featuring photographs and sound recordings from the 2003 Cape Farewell voyage. More ›

Futuresonic 04

Max Eastley contributes to the Futuresonic 04 electronic arts and digital media conference in Manchester, with sound recordings from Cape Farewell voyage.

Gary Hume

Solo exhibition in Austria featuring Hermaphrodite Polar Bear, a work developed from the 2003 expedition.