A two day symposium looking at new research, contemporary readings, and shifting perception of watery landscapes from ghost ponds to coastal erosion in the age of the Anthropocene. Through academic and public debate, this symposium promotes an exchange of knowledge across art, science, heritage, the environment and digital technology.  Close Look, Distant View is organized by Dr Jane Watt and Dr Susan Barnet (both School of Engineering, Arts, Science and Technology, University of Suffolk) in collaboration with Emma Roodhouse (Colchester and Ipswich Museums) and in partnership with The Hold Suffolk Archives. It coincides with the Landscape Rebels exhibition at Christchurch Mansion and Suffolk’s Green Story exhibition at The Hold, Ipswich.

Day 1 is a symposium at The Hold, Suffolk Archives Ipswich with over 80 attendees and presentations from artists, established and emerging academics from California Institute of Technology, University of Southampton, Anglia Ruskin University and University of Suffolk.

Day 2 is a Challenge Lab with an invited group of twenty participants including artists, photographers, architects, scientists, historians and sociologists exchanging knowledge within the landscape.