Nick Edwards
Locative Artist
Nick Edwards has been involved with Cape Farewell from it's outset in 2003. He joined three expeditions to Svalbard with Cape Farewell in 2003, 2004 and 2005, investigating and responding to the effects of climate change. He has since exhibited with the Cape Farewell Art & Climate Change exhibition.
Nick is currently undertaking a Slow Art Residency as part of the Cape Farewell | Eden Project collaboration.
Born in Bristol in 1961, artist and cinematographer Nick Edwards grew up in Camberley Surry, before moving to London to begin working in the film industry. His first exhibition in 1987 was at the Submarine Gallery in Kings Cross, consisted entirely of re-cycled material.
As a result of the 2005 Art/Science Expedition, Nick produced a tryptich of moving images inspired by the sketches of the Arctic and his facination with the mythology of exploration.
"In the spring of 1790, Xavier de Maistre, confined to his room under house arrest, de Maistre embarked upon a voyage around his bedroom, a trip every bit as arduous as that of Magellan and Cook. The result was A Journey Around My Bedroom followed by the equally adventurous A Nocturnal Investigation Around My Room.
As the notion - travel for travel sake - becomes a difficult activity to justify I hope to exploit emerging technologies and transform the experience of the everyday and conjour the appreciation of the marvelous, transmitting territories that in terms of practicality lie beyond the reach of most people, and engage in sensory tourism." Nick Edwards, 2008
Latest News
RPS Awards Shortlist
Tim Sutton’s Unplugged, Winning the Clay has been shortlisted for an RPS Award
Carbon 12 Exhibition
Save the Date: Cape Farewell's Carbon 12 exhibition opens on 3 May in Paris. It's an exciting mix of art commissions, with the artists working in close relationship with scientists. The exhibition runs 4 May - 16 September 2012 at the Espace Foundation EDF. Find out more ›
Poetry by Nick Drake
Acclaimed author and Cape Farwell voyagers Nick Drake, launches his new collection of poetry, The Farewell Glacier. The poems grew out of his journey to the Arctic.
Nature Journal
David Buckland's feature article 'Climate is Culture' has been published in the March issue of Nature Climate Change. Read about how Cape Farewell's approach has relevance to the discussion about our future.
Goodbye Arctic by Marina Moskvina
Russian novelist Marina Moskvina has just published her book on the 2010 Arctic Expedition with Cape Farewell. Illustrated by Leonid Tishkov, the book captures the voyage and questions the future of the Arctic.
Without Boats, Dreams Dry Up
An exhibition of 20 emerging artists and designers who have participated in Cape Farewell's SHORTCOURSE / UK; a 3-day urban expedition in London. Exhibition runs 24 Feb to 29 March.
U-n-f-o-l-d in Liverpool
Our exquisite exhibition U-n-f-o-l-d is back in the UK and opens on 8 March at John Moores University in Liverpool. If you miss the opening, come to the closing event on 24 April, which starts off the next SHORTCOURSE/UK expedition. Find out more ›
Reality of Change
On 15 March, together with TckTckTck and the UK Youth Climate Coalition, Cape Farewell invites you to a ‘Reality of Change’ evening at the Dana Centre, with architect Sunand Prasad, campaigner Martin Kirk and others who will present and discuss ideas around (climate) change.
U-n-f-o-l-d exhibition
Cape Farewell's exquisite new touring exhibition Unfold kicked off in Vienna this May. It's being shown at the University College Falmouth from 26 Nov to 22 Jan 2011, before heading to Chicago.
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Nick Edwards 2005
"We were making art that can express the terror and beauty that wraps us, a beauty that at times feels like it might suffocate. I'm running between filming and painting, at times manic in my desire to record as much as I can, not only as I will be leaving here soon, but because I think this place may leave us."
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