Cold War Sun: Capturing the Sun from Cold War Nuclear Bunkers

The sun is a vast nuclear reactor, fusing hydrogen into helium and giving our planet life. Nuclear weapons are fission devices that split volatile atoms apart to create searing heat, blast and radioactivity, threatening to destroy all life on Earth.

Bio

Brighton science-artist Nick Sayers is installing long-exposure 360º pinhole cameras on abandoned Cold War nuclear bunkers around Sussex and Kent. These are reproduction ‘Ground Zero Indicator’ cameras, originally used by the Royal Observer Corps (ROC) to record the location and aftermath of bomb explosions in the event of nuclear war. The ROC built over 1,500 of these bunkers around the United Kingdom.

Photography style & work

Nick grew up during the Cold War in Canterbury, to parents active in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. He has sought out surviving ROC bunkers, and is photographing sun tracks over the rural British landscape at these sites of decaying military infrastructure.

The project looks back to the Cold War, and has poignant relevance in the current state of political instability and runaway climate change.

Website: https://behance.net/nicksayers

Instagram: https://instagram.com/nicksayers

Visitors are welcome to attend this event for a £5 payment on the door.

Brighton & Hove Methodist Church Hall,
Portland Rd,
Hove
BN3 5DR

Please note: the church hall entrance is on St Patrick’s Road