The Folkestone Triennial features 18 artists who explore the dynamic relationship between people and landscapes. Sara Trillo's Urn Field presents sculptures made from traditional materials, reflecting local geology and plant life. Each piece signifies lost medicinal uses of local flora. Emilija Skarnulyte's film Burial examines the decommissioning of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, which shares a history with Chernobyl. The film contrasts scenes of hazmat workers dismantling the plant with unsettling imagery, highlighting the long-term dangers of radioactive waste burial. The exhibition reflects the fluid nature of Folkestone's environmental and historical narrative.
The deep connection of Folkestone's early inhabitants to their physical surroundings is celebrated by Sara Trillo in Urn Field, a series of dramatic sculptures on the East Cliff inspired by ceramic urns excavated at a nearby Iron Age settlement.
Entombment of a more toxic kind is explored in Emilija Skarnulyte's film Burial, screening at the Quarterhouse. The piece offers an immersion in the empty halls of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in Lithuania.
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