1/2 Sonar Jetty (Detail) © Saskia Olde Wolbers
2/2 Precession : Estuary (Detail) © David Cotterrell
Empathy & Risk is proud to present ‘Wet Wipes’ as part of its ongoing series of hosted experimental installations.
In this exhibition, two artists with independent practices present works united through a convergence of focus on the enigmatic surface and depths of the Thames at Deptford. At Empathy & Risk, installations involving spherical projection, underwater sonar filming, and Pepper’s Ghost imaging offer a study of incompatible perspectives inspired by a shared landscape.
This exhibition is presented as part of the DeptfordX Festival 2025.
Included Works:
Saskia Olde Wolbers’ video, Sonar Jetty, was created by capturing imagery with a sonar fish-finder around the now-decaying News of the World Jetty in the River Thames, Deptford, London. The resulting imagery is mirrored and conjures up illuminated ghostly beings, growing out of sonar data stripes. The work presents these invisible relics as witnesses and symbols of the river’s historical uses.
David Cotterrell’s installation work, Precession:Estuary, is a multi-component spatial video project which reflects on the relationship between the search for the sublime and the fear of mortality. It presents a bucolic view of the melancholic landscape of the post-industrial Thames and its hinterland estuary. This poignant yet mesmerising view is experienced through three virtual projections of observers defining themselves through their relationship to an unattainable horizon.
Location:
Empathy & Risk, 1 Borthwick Street, London SE8 3GH.
Opening Times:
Launch Event: Saturday 12th, 4pm
Exhibition continues: Saturday 12th-Sunday 13th (11-6pm)
Saturday 19th-Sunday 20th (11-6pm)
