T H E E X T I N C T I O N C O L L E C T I O N
Explorers Against Extinction
invites you to the private view of
The Extinction Collection
at The Crypt Gallery, Cathedral Close, Norwich, NR1 4DD
on Tuesday 3rd December, 5 - 7pm
RSVP below.
Exploring Climate Change Through Time
The Extinction Collection showcases artworks by leading sculptors and photographers, exploring the impact of climate change across millennia. Many works feature fossils, artefacts, and materials from Happisburgh, Norfolk—the home of Explorers Against Extinction. Other pieces highlight today’s endangered species and at-risk wild spaces, inviting us to reflect on the relationship between humans, climate change, and extinction.
Happisburgh – A Window to the Past
Happisburgh is one of the first UK communities likely to be lost to coastal
erosion. The cliffs are disappearing at a rate of one metre per year, exposing
sediments from the Pleistocene era (500,000–900,000 years ago). These
ancient sediments hold the fossils and tools of extinct species, including
mammoth, woolly rhino, and early humans. In 2013, 850,000-year-old human
footprints were discovered—the oldest outside Africa—cementing Happisburgh
as one of the world’s most important archaeological sites.
Daniel Beltrá, Richard Deacon, Andy Goldsworthy, Michael Kenna, Richard Mosse, Michael Pinsky, Sebastião Salgado, Julian Stair, Bigert & Bergström, Jon Foreman, Beverly Joubert, Eleanor Lakelin, David Nash, Peter Randall-Page, Conrad Shawcross, Emily Young
Exhibition
Tuesday 3 December – Saturday 14 December
11am – 5pm daily except Sunday/Monday (closed)
Images: Within the Plane of the Elliptic, Conrad Shawcross; Ossuary for a Twig, Julian Stair.
