Graham Cunnington and Rachel Pimm
An earshare / to cassay the earthcrust is a collaboration between artist Rachel Pimm and musician Graham Cunnington. Immersed in the intimate geology of the Ness and the impact of 70 years of military testing conducted on-site, the final work presents a collection of text, visual and film-based works that reveal the process of developing their idea, alongside a now streamable two-part film, each led by one of the two artists.
Each pebble found on the shingle of Orford Ness is matter, something that could absorb and conceal impact, each an untapped archive of the geological past and the Ness’s military histories. an earshare / to cassay the earthcrust takes the environment as a point of departure for further exploration; expanding on found historical traces and referencing the contradictory behaviour of particle physics in the field of quantum mechanics.
As the buildings on the Ness rewild, the nature reserve green-washes the military past. Salty deposits escape concrete surfaces, static buildings cry and sweat. Trauma manifests through rock and concrete.
Featuring an antimatter soundtrack made from granular sounds recorded in the uncanny environment of Orford Ness, featuring a quantum pebble that is both instrument and transmission, object and a wavelength.
Explore the online work in full: artangel.org.uk/project/afterness/earshare-cassay-earthcrust
Trailer: Rachel Pimm and Graham Cunnington, an earshare / to cassay the earth crust (2021) from Artangel