Morecambe Coastal Commissions - Harbinger Exhibition - Elizabeth Clough

Harbinger by Elizabeth Clough is a lament for bird song, a listening to the present and the absent, our fates intertwined.

Opening Celebration: Friday 21st March (6-8pm)

Exhibition runs Saturday 22nd and Sunday 24th March (11am to 4pm)

Thus event is presented in collaboration with Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts (LICA)

It is part of the Morecambe Bay Coastal Commissioning programme which is a precursor to a future vision for a Morecambe Bay Triennial. 

The Morecambe Bay Coastal Commissioning Programme is being imaginatively and collectively evolved as a collaboration between Deco Publique and theCOLAB.

The programme seeks to reimagine coastal art experiences through participatory projects, public installations, and performance. The commissions taking place this weekend mark the beginning of a long-term programme that will bring artists and communities together to explore the unique coastal landscapes of Morecambe Bay.

About Elizabeth Clough:

Barrow-born and Morecambe-based Elizabeth Clough invites you to the first showing of her year-long project in creative collaboration Deco Publique, theCOLAB and Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts.

A lament for birdsong, HARBINGER invites audiences to listen deeply to the present and the absent.

“Bringing together sound, sculpture and drawing for the first time in my practice, the show explores my love and respect for birds and their song, alongside my grief and anger around the decline in their populations and factors driving them. We live our lives among the birds and we experience them every time we are outside. We share our food and our environments. We are intertwined. What happens to the birds is happening to us.” Elizabeth Clough

Taking place as part of the Coastal Commissions development, is a collaborative research project with academics and researchers at Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts. This year-long project, supported by the Arts & Humanities Research Council will feature three artistic commissions in 2025. The first sees Elizabeth Clough bring together her work in sculpture, sound and drawing for the first time. The second commission will be promoted through an open call launching in April 2025.