Shaun Yates
Wind Farm: Reimagining Rampion II
My work is informed by research into the Rampion offshore wind farm and the proposed Rampion II expansion. Visible from Brighton seafront, Rampion is the south coast’s first offshore wind farm, and if approved by planners, Rampion II will increase its capacity by up to 1200MW—enough to supply over a million homes.
Through photography, digital modelling, and sand-cast ceramics, I explore new ways of interpreting this soon-to-be infrastructure. While recognising the wind farm as a sign of progress on the path towards net zero, I am interested in how this meaning changes in the context of runaway climate change—what missed opportunities and failed utopias might the turbine come to represent?
My outlook was shaped by a series of walks, during which I attempted to follow the route of the proposed onshore cable connecting Rampion II to the grid. My work responds to encounters with objects, half-forgotten yet enduring, in these peripheral landscapes.
Contact Shaun Yates
- smyates91@gmail.com
- @shaunyatesdesign