6th February - 8th March 2020

With The North Sea took place as part of Peacock Visual Arts’ Curatorial Fellowship Programme 2019-2020. 

With The North Sea took the form of a culminating series of events, workshops and screenings, which aimed to explore the familiar body of water in its poetic, economic and political capacity. The programme was formed around ideas of the history and identity of the region, the oil economy, various ecological imaginaries, as well as thoughts around sustenance and the exchange of goods and knowledge. Working with local and international artists from a variety of disciplines, The Fellowship engaged in an exploration of The North Sea. Through storytelling, spoken word, collaborative group work, writing and performance we’ve gently been asking the question: What does it mean to think-with the North Sea? Through investigating the cultural, historical and biological ways of life that the familiar body of water produces and has produced, how might we begin to rethink our relationship with it?

With the support of Aberdeen City Libraries, The Worm gallery operated as an alternative resource hub presenting a changing selection of texts aiming to provide further insight into the complex discourse around the North Sea. 

More information on the Curatorial Fellowship can be found here.

Photography by Abby Beatrice Quick and Naoko Mabon