Southbank Centre

Cape Farewell Residency

August 2007 - July 2010

“Nothing is more important than our planet, and we all responsible for its welfare: we are already beginning to experience the catastrophic effects of ignorance. But statistics and constant messages of doom are not necessarily the best way to face these challenges. I asked Cape Farewell to join us as Artists in Residence because of the important and unique work they are doing in bringing together the artistic and scientific communities in order to address issues around climate change, in highly imaginative and thought-provoking ways. Their residency is part of our vision for Southbank Centre to become a place for debate through artistic encounter.”
Jude Kelly, Artistic Director of Southbank Centre

The Eden Project and Southbank Centre are Cape Farewell’s two major UK partners, 2007-10. Cape Farewell will present work at both sites over the next three years and play a vital part in the development of their creative and environmental agendas.

In August 2007, Cape Farewell began its three year artists residency at the Southbank Centre. Cape Farewell will operate as a cultural eco-hub at the heart of the centre's creative climate change initiatives. Simultaneously, Cape Farewell embarked on a three-year collaboration with the Eden Project.

Cape Farewell artists will engage with Eden through a series of residencies and create climate-focused site-specific works, which will surprise, engage and illuminate. Cape Farewell and the Eden Project share the ambition to communicate, through creative means, the need for a more sympathetic relationship between humans and the planet. Artworks will be presented at the Eden Project over the next three years and in collaboration with an expanding group of partners, including the British Council and Barbican Art Gallery, this work will also tour nationally and internationally.

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