Date posted 17 Jul 2019
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Dance for the Sea arrives at Kentish Town Sports Centre in July 2019 to present a unique underwater viewing experience for swimmers. Comprising of 10 underwater images, captured by Robin Conway, the exhibition showcases Fernando Montaño dancing underwater among plastic waste. Images were photographed in the iconic Willes Pool of Kentish Town Sports Centre. It explores the contrast between the disastrous effects of plastic pollution on our oceans and waterways combined with the beauty of transparent water, dance and movement.


Swimmers will be able to view the exhibition as an immersive experience with images being weighted to the pool floor. The exhibition will be set up daily 6:30am – 2pm, Monday to Friday and 9am – 5pm, Saturday – Sunday.


Councillor Simpson, Cabinet Member for Promoting Culture and Communities, said:
“We are delighted to welcome Fernando and Robin back to Kentish Town Sports Centre for the Dance For The Sea project this Summer. The exhibition shines a light on the powerful messages of the catastrophic effect of plastic pollution and resembles important issues that are at the forefront in Camden.”


“The exhibition provides a platform to explore our own impact on plastic waste and how we can collectively work together to protect our environments.”


Access to the exhibition is free with paid pool admission, however throughout the week donations will be gratefully accepted with funds raised being shared with Dance For The Sea’s official charity partner, the Marine Conservation Society. Co-created by Conway and Montaño, Conway captures Montaño underwater as he dances among recycled plastic art sculptures which were produced by students at three different London Schools.


Fernando Montaño said:
“Our generation may still be able to enjoy the beauty and mystery of the sea, but it is possible that the next one will never really know that we once had the most incredible seas and oceans full of the most incredible animals.Being able to communicate an important message at scale across Ocean screens brings new depth and scale to this performance, something which is very important to both myself and Robin.”


Conway, who captured the imagery said:
“Plastic has impacted on our ecosystem and has sadly now been found in locations around the world, previously untouched by humans.”


“Through a unique way of increasing public awareness of the negative impact globally plastic is having on the planet, a set of 10 of prints are installed at the bottom of the swimming pool. Swimmers have the opportunity to directly experience the work, ‘without breath’ and an opportunity to recognise the absolute necessity to support marine conservation or face a future in which the only clarity they will witness in water will be found in the built environment of local swimming pool.”

 

For more information about this event and what you can do to reduce your own plastic waste, please refer to our free online brochure here: https://issuu.com/danceforthesea 


Dance for the sea is run in partnership with charity The Marine Conservation Society, Leisure Centre Operator Better Leisure and Camden Council