DEEP TIME DEPOSITS
Tidal Impressions of the River Thames
Below Zero Finnish Art Prize 2020
Exhibition 26 February–5 April
Wednesday–Sunday, 11am-5pm
Tuula Närhinen understands water as a dynamic agent and naturally occurring archive of the Anthropocene. In a quest to ‘fathom the subconscious of River Thames’, Närhinen builds a portrait of this central waterway with reference to mid-Victorian photographic chemistry, sewage system and philanthropy; and to the layers of deep time embedded over thousands of years and visible through fragments preserved in London’s unique, anaerobic river-mud.
Press Release here
Please visit the Finnish Institute’s online gallery of the exhibition at Beaconsfield here
Residency period 16 January-25 February
- The residency process was open to the public on Fridays 11am-5pm. Foreshore walks with the artist on 31 January and 14 February. KAS Interactive Art, Science & Heritage walk on 21 February.
View | DEEP TIME DEPOSITS in the making
Opening event Sunday 1 March 14.00-17.00
- 15.00 Taru Elfving in conversation with Tuula Närhinen
Listen | Tuula Närhinen and curator-researcher Taru Elfving discuss Närhinen’s practice at the opening event of the exhibition at Beaconsfield Gallery Vauxhall.
Closing event Sunday 5 April 14.00-17.00 (Rainmaking will premiere online on 5 April)
- 14.00 Reflections on Deep Time Deposits formal presentation by Tuula Närhinen (cancelled)
- 15.30 Rainmaking with composer Tytti Arola and performers.
View | Composer Tytti Arola plays Rain, Sleet, Snow
Find more images of the project here