Helen Grove-White

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Power in the Land

Power in the Land, Pwer yn y Tir, began as a solo investigation into the nearby nuclear power station at Wylfa, Anglesey, and it became a multi artist project with two major exhibitions in 4 venues and numerous events, film screenings and follow up research opportunities. Please see the link to this multi-artist website. www.powerintheland.co.uk.
My major work for this show followed my discovery that cyanotype chemistry was used to clean up Caesium 137 after the Chernoble nuclear fallout. Grazing animals in North Wales and elsewhere were fed capsules to help neutralise the radioactive residues. I was further inspired by the restrictions on photography at the highly sensitive nuclear site, especially the security installations and fences. Camera-less photography was the cheeky option and it also had a performative element, both in engaging with the fences themselves and also a kind of symbolic cleanup operation, which later led me to the seaweed on the beach. Here for Power in the Land a whole wall of security fences became my installation.
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