Exhibition archive
When Its Gone Its Gone
- 18 September 2025 - 21 September 2025
- The Shoe Factory, St Mary's Works Norwich NR3 3AF
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‘When it’s gone, it’s gone’ is a socially engaged and environmentally focussed research project that explores the narratives of communities in Norfolk most immediately impacted by severe coastal erosion. Our work is informed by the belief that the voices of these communities urgently need to be listened to, amplified and presented to new audiences to increase awareness and influence future Government policy around sea defence.
Working across video, sound and alternative photographic process, Matthew Benington, Roter Su & Katy Hammond have worked with diverse community participant groups to explore the complex intersections of environmental change, lived experience and visual representation. The exhibition includes moving image created from fieldwork documentation alongside collaboratively created cyanotypes, exploring the way that visual culture can expand public understanding of ecological loss and community resilience.
‘When it’s gone, it’s gone’ is part of the Living in Changing Landscapes (LICL) project at Norwich University of the Arts.