We Are All Adrift

<p>Weaving together fragments of artists' stories across time and place David Banning embarks on a Sebaldian exploration of the enduring legacy of harbours and the sea. In a post-truth world rising water levels are mapped into micro-conflict zones of resistance with borders loopholes and quotas absorbed into the bed of the English Channel. While elements of the current political hostility toward migration are underlined a connection is established between the intertidal mudflats of Morecambe Bay and the chalky downlands surrounding Newhaven Harbour. Mixing biography fiction and history a poetic odyssey probes the work of English Neo Romantic artist Eric Ravilious and uncovers the 'unknowing strangeness' of Harold Mockford a fine lyrical artist based in East Sussex. </p><p>Featuring an Introduction by Philip Hoare award winning author of <em>Leviathan</em> and <em>Albert and the Whale</em> along with a stunning collection of drawings by Glasgow based artist Iain Sharpe.</p>