https://www.photobookcafe-archive.co.uk/files/original/f4e47fe063cfac7dba0371c15e86ff51.jpg bf1d498b1f5475e616454e863b71d4ae https://www.photobookcafe-archive.co.uk/files/original/10e1eb21f94c466a53ca9ed0a753d4dc.jpg 12c618d0d2071a7f23b973eafc763629 https://www.photobookcafe-archive.co.uk/files/original/3b2fac39da6f105c9e68a48dff10a503.jpg ff079f44ca7de0fef2af35de664477be https://www.photobookcafe-archive.co.uk/files/original/35d9851b86d843361d19c3227f08541f.jpg 7ee335c1a129dba0618588c26e01c62a https://www.photobookcafe-archive.co.uk/files/original/9635d99ebed3a5d106a0b863a25dcb82.jpg 8d30285c94641eb492215c4b2d9afd5c https://www.photobookcafe-archive.co.uk/files/original/42ce7497b09fa7e284ddfb41e3c8f568.jpg e7653ce97a2efb8ec40852689963f89a https://www.photobookcafe-archive.co.uk/files/original/54ead0737b5266c766081f061d3a8d2d.jpg 3e84b41f477f59a84d35111391153363 https://www.photobookcafe-archive.co.uk/files/original/61ca6093d82d48a8331bb37fc7b92d7a.jpg c5effdaa7371adb85777c47a361298f2 Book Photo Book Dimensions Dimensions of object in cm 21cm by 15.9 by 0.5cm Number of Pages Number of Pages 68 Number of images Number of images 28 Edition Size Edition Size 20 Place of Publication Place of Publication London Designer Designer Aidan Frere-Smith Editor Editor Aidan Frere-Smith Printer Printer Mixam ISBN ISBN Not applicable. Website Website www.aidanfreresmith.co.uk Where to buy Where to buy https://aidanfreresmith.bigcartel.com/product/immersion Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Immersion Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Aidan Frere-Smith Description An account of the resource In 2020, research carried out by Royal Holloway University of London estimated that 94,000 microplastics pass through some parts of the River Thames in London per second. The severity of this form of pollution was amplified by the United Nations who stated that 51 trillion microplastic particles litter the worlds oceans and compared this to the scale of outer space; that this quantity is 500 times the amount of stars in our galaxy. This is problematic, as a comparative statement such as this is abstract and can subsequently perpetuate passivity, which is often the response when presented with issues of climate change and environmental catastrophe. Much like our perception of aquatic environments and outer space, the reality of these issues feel alien to us. Using this comparison as a centralised theme, Immersion explores microplastics of the River Thames. Water from the river was collected and combined with broken-down plastics that had washed up on the foreshore and were used to replicate the process of the degradation of plastics. Film negatives of photographs of the river, taken underwater, were soaked in this combination until all emulsion was removed. The remaining film base was then scanned to produce a series of abstract images that visualise the United Nations comparison of microplastics of our planet’s oceans to the stars in our galaxy.  Subject The topic of the resource 010 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Printed on 150gsm silk finish paper stock with a 350gsm silk cardstock with matt laminate finish. Perfect bound. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Self-published. abstract Environment ocea ocean Photography pollution river thames sky space stars water