(Untitled 2) Do penguins dream of weather balloons? THE OPEN: ODYSSEY

This photographic work, from the ongoing series 'Do penguins dream of weather balloons?' (2025 - ) re-appropriates imagery from the British Antarctic Survey Archive in Cambridge. It looks at the photographic evidence of weather experimentation that takes place in British Antarctica and aims to re-engage an audience around this vital work. This image utilises photographs from the archive that might be otherwise rejected as “good photographs” and asks what a less-representational image might also allow us to know.

This work is made with the use of images from, and permission of the British Antarctic Survey archive. Thank you to the British Antarctic Survey archive for their ongoing support and collaboration in this work.

The work was presented as part of THE OPEN: ODYSSEY, a Hastings Contemporary and Sussex Contemporary Open exhibition celebrating the creative force of Sussex, bringing together artwork by over 150 artists from across the region. Each work offers a unique and personal reflection on the theme of Odyssey, journeying through time, place, imagination and experience.

The exhibited works were selected from over 2,600 entries, and span painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, textiles, ceramics, sculpture, film and installation, reflecting the ambition, diversity and creative bravery of the region.