We were not always an island.
When we connected to the continent.
When the Thames flowed into the Rhine.
'doggerLANDscape' is a video art based on Louvel’s search for the remnants of the submerged forest of Doggerland on the Lincolnshire coast. Around 8000 years ago, the river Thames was connected to the Rhine. Doggerland was a land stretching between today’s coast of Britain and Europe and a place of human habitation. We were not always an island. The contemplative video art documents Louvel’s geological finds of the ancient tree’s remnants appearing at neap tide. In July 2021, she embarked on a walk to locate the remnants of trees and eventually found at low tide a series of tree trunks and stumps exposed at Cleethorpes beach and fossilised trees in clay at Wolla Bank near Chapel Point. From sightseeing and placing herself in the land, she has developed ‘journey-form’ narratives on the lost world of Doggerland, experimenting with sounds, voice and visuals.
In 2024, 'doggerLANDscape' was presented at Towner Eastbourne for 'Artist films: Human Outlooks on Precarious Coastal Lands', townereastbourne.org.uk/whats-on/events/human-outlooks-on-precarious-coastal-lands. The screening was curated by Claudia Kappenberg. A University of Brighton series of events to coincide with Emma Stibbon's 'Melting Ice | Rising Tides' exhibition at Towner Eastbourne.
Featuring two tracks from the album ‘We Are One Land’ and ‘On The Shoreline On That Day’. The album is available at https://catwerkimprint.bandcamp.com/album/doggerlandscape