There is a version of the coastline most of us carry in our heads: a hard boundary, a line on a map where solid ground gives way to water. Edge: Where the Land Meets the Sea, a new exhibition at Hastings Contemporary in the UK, asks visitors to unlearn that line. The soil beneath our feet does not stop at the shoreline but continues beneath the sea, while much of what we do inland or out at sea eventually arrives at the shore – transformed.

Rivers are conduits, carrying silt and nutrients, as well as chemical ...

 

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