Mare is an abstract take on climate change, embracing and discovering
movement through camera, commissioned by Northumberland County
Council in partnership with Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival, The
Maltings Theatre & Cinema, and funded by Arts Council England.

Facts
Northumberland has the largest length of coastline in the region at 131
km and has a high intrinsic tourism and nature conservation value, due
to its highly undeveloped and rural nature. It extends from Lamberton
to Seaton Sluice with much of the coastline undefended, giving it a
special natural value that is reflected in international, national, regional
and local nature conservation designations.

According to Sustaine’s North East Climate Change Action Plan, climate
change will have a huge impact on the Northumberland Coast by 2050.

The overall aims of the collaboration
- Raise knowledge and awareness of climate change through the arts
within Northumberland
- Look at the impact of climate change on our local environment
- Involve and inspire young people in contemporary dance and film
making through the theme of climate change

Rannvá Káradóttir is a London-based artist and filmmaker. Since
graduating from London Contemporary Dance School she has emerged
as one of the most prominent performance directors on screen. Rannvá
started to use the film media for her practice early on and has developed
a distinctive movement vocabulary on screen, exploring dance in various
contexts and cross disciplinary works.

Marianna Mørkøre, filmmaker and illustrator, began her career during
fashion studies in London, especially interested in editing. Her constant
curiosity in challenging the traditional perception of moving image has
generated unique visual narratives that are marked by an experimental
approach and a personal voice - a methodology of intriguing imagery
determined to linger in your mind.

Five artists from the UK. Belgium, Faroe Islands, China and Malaysia participated in a cross cultural exchange project motivated by notions of bowing; metaphorically, culturally and physically. The shadows, light and repetition in this short attempt to capture the birthing of movement ideas about folding and origami, rhythmic patterns and ritual during the studio process.