Situated at the centre of the Earth’s largest ocean and surrounded by vast expanses of water, the 29 coral atolls of the Marshall Islands have been called home for more than three thousand years, by canoe-voyaging people who could navigate solely by sensing the rhythms of waves with their bodies and observing the positions of the stars. Yet, due to rising sea levels and the lasting legacy of U.S. nuclear testing, that precious 3000 year old pacific culture can now rightly be called the most existentially-threatened place on the planet.
Co-produced with the arts organisation Cape Farewell, Kõmij Mour Ijin/Our Life is Here brings together the work of ten artists exploring themes of displacement, memory and the climate crisis. Created following a Cape Farewell expedition to the Marshall Islands in 2023, the works featured in the exhibition highlight the resilience of the Pacific nation.
Several works from Meghann Riepenhoff's Adaptive Radiation series are on display. "These prints hold radioactive sand in them, so they are containers memorialising what has happened in a space, what has happened over time," says Meghann.
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