Adam Chodzko has created Rising, an extraordinary, waterlogged, dreamlike future Great North Run, where runners have adapted physically and psychologically to their increasingly aquatic environment of flash flooding and rising water levels brought about through climate change.
As part of the
British Science Festival 2013 Chodzko is producing this radio broadcast for fatigued runners and their supporters to listen to on basic.fm directly after the race whilst on their way back home on Sunday 15 September.
Rising responds to an event at 4pm on 28 June 2012 when Newcastle came to a standstill. The Tyne Bridge was hit by lightening and a month’s rain fell in one hour causing widespread chaos and flooding. This freak weather event was named the 'Toon Monsoon'.
In Rising, the famous sight of runners passing across the Tyne Bridge as they leave Newcastle has become a ritualistic preparation for a city’s evacuation prior to its final submergence under flood waters. This becomes an annual exercise in escape showing the Great North Run’s ongoing ability to evolve, actually incorporating the challenge of flooding into the event. The work will operate in a hypnotic way to address the reality and consequences of climate change.
Invisible Dust linked Chodzko with Dr Claire Walsh; Researcher in Water Resources, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences at Newcastle University and Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and Chodzko has re-imagined a ‘Toon Monsoon’ of tomorrow.
Rising is a Great North Run Culture and
Invisible Dust co-commission broadcast on basic.fm, Tyneside Cinema's online radio project. It is part of a new Invisible Dust programme
Invisible Heat exploring the effects of climate change on health, supported by the Wellcome Trust.
Project partners:
Invisible Dust
In 2012 Invisible Dust won the Lord Mayor of London’s UK Sustainable City Award. Alice Sharp set up Invisible Dust in 2009 to involve artists, creative technologists and scientists in exploring our environment and climate change to produce exhibitions and public events. Invisible Dust’s projects include Dryden Goodwin’s large scale projection Breathe exploring air pollution on the roof of St Thomas’ Hospital opposite the Houses of Parliament, and digital bat walks with Jeremy Deller.
In 2013 a new programme Invisible Heat on the health affects of climate change was awarded research funding by the Wellcome Trust. Adam Chodzko’s Rising is the first artwork to be presented. Invisible Dust is also working with Turner Prize Winner 2012 Elizabeth Price who is the first artist in residence with Space Science at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.
basic.fm
basic.fm is a net radio broadcast project initiated by Pixel Palace in Newcastle Upon Tyne. basic.fm stands for Broadcast Art, Sound and Independent Culture. It is a slow growing project; each month new features and work are added.
British Science Festival 2013, Newcastle 7-12 September
Each September the British Science Festival transforms a different UK city into a vibrant celebration of science, engineering and technology. In 2013 the Festival will be hosted by Newcastle University with associate partners Northumbria University and Newcastle City Council. Newcastle 2013 includes events with Robert Winston, Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Iain Stewart.
Toon Flood (Monsoon) - School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences at Newcastle University
The School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences at Newcastle University scientists developed a website where the public could load images and stories of the flood. The scientists would still like more comments and photos to be contributed by people in Newcastle from that day.
The Wellcome Trust
The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation dedicated to achieving extraordinary improvements in human and animal health. It supports the brightest minds in biomedical research and the medical humanities. The Trust’s breadth of support includes public engagement, education and the application of research to improve health. It is independent of both political and commercial interests.
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