The exhibition Extinction is a new initiative by the UK conservation charity Explorers Against Extinction, highlighting the effects of climate change through art. A selection of sculptors and artists have been invited to create a collection of artworks made of fossils, artifacts, sediments and landscapes from the village Happisburgh, the home of Explorers Against Extinction. For The Extinction Collection, artist Andy Goldsworthy has used ancient flints — a handaxe and flake — to create a video work. Using the flints out in the Scottish wilderness as tools he creates color and art from local ironstone. Sculptor and land artist, David Nash is creating a work for The Extinction Collection from a 800,000 to 1 million year old wood preserved in the early sediments found on Happisburgh beach.
The Extinction Collection will be on view at The Palace of Westminster for a week-long exhibition in April 2024, before embarking on a regional tour, to raise awarness about coastal erosion in the UK, visiting communities at risk of coastal erosion throughout Spring 2025.
Learn more at explorersagainstextinction.co.uk
