Research Art Lab
Eleven artists transform the Power House on Orford Ness into a temporary studio laboratory to experiment and test new ways of working based on active research around the Ness.
Dusk to Dawn
An overnight workshop for artists on Orford Ness. Experience, and make art in response to, the shifting colours and light in the incredible coastal landscape of shingle, sea, river and sky.
Defining a Visual Practices Lab
This public workshop will explore the essential role of diverse visual practices in driving innovative art-science-society collaborations. Visual practices—formalized methods of representing and interpreting subjects—are employed across a wide range of disciplines, both within and outside academia. The workshop will feature visual artists who will present model projects they are developing in collaboration with environmental scientists, farmers, technologists, bioindustry experts, government officials, community representatives, activists, and fellow artists. Discussions will focus on the value of visual practices that embrace intuition, creativity, and the unknown to generate new insights and address complex environmental, technological, social, and political challenges.
Camera O
Experience the Orford Ness landscape in a new way by capturing the outside image inside the Bomb Ballistics Building through a camera obscura. A camera obscura was used on Orford Ness in the Bomb Ballistic Buildings in the 1930s to plot and gather data on bomb accuracy. We have installed this one in the same location but to more peaceful ends to observe and record the shifting light and forms of the contemporary coastal landscape looking south towards the Power House. The camera obscura is open 5-6 April and will accompany the new tondo (round) drawing exhibition Camera O which is on view until 26 October 2025.
Make It Count
Make It Count at the Power House is an exhibition of observations of, and responses to, the unique environment and shifting ecology of Orford Ness by University of Suffolk Fine Art students and researchers curated by SE Barnet and Jane Watt. It is the first public exhibition in the new Power House project programme.
Make It Count
The first of a two-part exhibition curated by artists and Fine Art Senior Lecturers SE Barnet and Jane Watt . The exhibition in the Waterfront Building Foyer at University of Suffolk, Ipswich is a collection of observations and responses to the environment and shifting ecology of Orford Ness by University of Suffolk Fine Art students and researchers.
Dusk and Dawn
An overnight art workshop led by artists SE Barnet and Jane Watt on Orford Ness in which participants can engage with the fleeting light of this incredible landscape as the sun disappears and reappears over the horizon.
Close Look, Distant View
A conference looking at new research, contemporary readings and shifting perspectives of watery landscapes in art, science and digital technology
Rooftops at Dawn Art Workshop
A chance to see Orford Ness at sunrise and sunset. This overnight workshop led by Jane Watt and SE Barnet will focus on observing and capturing the play of light and colour across the horizon through drawing and painting.
Digital Detox Art Workshop
Join Jane Watt and SE Barnet for a day of drawing on Orford Ness for Orford Ness National Nature Reserve.
Online film screening of Longshore Drift and Q&A
Join British Art Network’s Landscape Research Group for a film screening of winning commission 'Longshore Drift' by Jane Watt and SE Barnet and Q&A with the artists.