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Perigee-Syzygy of the Earth-Moon-Sun System (2017) by Deborah Westmancoat - copyright the artist

Deborah Westmancoat
Perigee-Syzygy of the Earth-Moon-Sun System (2017)

Black ink, handmade oak gall ink and dew on paper

A Supermoon is the coincidence of a full Moon or a new Moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbit, resulting in the largest apparent size of the lunar disc as seen from Earth.  The technical name for this is the perigee-syzygy of the Earth-Moon-Sun system.  This work was initiated on the night of the last perigee-syzygy on 14th November 2016. The inked paper soaked in dew and lain upon frozen grass, the blades of which wrote something of that night into the surface.  It seeks to take a reading from the land through the medium of water and present this to us as a way to observe and understand our (sometimes occluded) environment.

This is part of a body of recent work which has links to the University of Exeter’s research themes, particularly those seeking to understand systems such as systems biology, environment and sustainability, climate change and sustainable futures. 

Reproduced with kind permission of Deborah Westmancoat

Copyright ©Deborah Westmancoat

Research Theme: Systems Biology/ Climate Change and Sustainable Futures


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