The Overview Effect – exhibition now open

Tang Han’s Gingko and Other Times. Photo: Paula Siqueira

How do we negotiate the gulf between the scale of a human life and nature’s vast timeline? 

It’s hard to orientate ourselves in infinite time and space. When existential fear sets in, we retract, grounding ourselves in a more tangible world.

Material things help us cope with difficult questions, but we’re responsible for the effects that our reliance on them is having on the future habitability of our planet.

Our encounters with nature are increasingly controlled and manufactured, yet we’re asked to imagine living life on the moon, on Mars, or in outer, distant destinations of the universe.  

From February– May 2024, Science Gallery London will be showing three moving image works by artists Tang Han, Ruth Waters and Rachel Rose that explore ideas around our time on Earth, offering a shift in perspective through their depiction of the natural world. These video works - exhibited in the UK for the first time - will be shown one at a time, for one month each.

Alongside the films, a series of related events will give you the chance to connect with the artists, and find out about related research taking place at King’s.

OPEN WED - SAT, 11AM - 6PM
FREE ENTRY - NO BOOKING REQUIRED