LAST ACT is a synchronised video installation by artist Marie Hanlon in collaboration with composer Rhona Clarke. The work presents climate change as something both real and abstract, as such mirrors the human response to a changing earth.
Weather events from most of the visual material: real footage of drought, flooding, wildfires and melting ice gradually builds towards a widescreen shot of dark engulfing waters at the work’s close.
These sequences are bookended by stark images of empty industrial spaces. Doors and shutters open to blank whiteness, referencing our industrial past and present, visually linking industrial production with the climate crisis.
Presented in black and white devoid of humans and animals, a conscious attempt to present familiar imagery in a way that is different from daily news reporting. The pace and rhythm of the work is calibrated towards slowness…
- 9 Oct 2025 – 4 Jan 2026
- Tuesday – Sunday 11am – 5pm
- Price: Free, but booking is advised
More information and booking: themaclive.com/exhibition/marie-hanlon-rhona-clarke-last-act
