RAFTS: A New Exhibition by Alistair Debling at God's House Tower

Posted: 19/12/2025

RAFTS by Alistair Debling is a new exhibition commissioned by ‘a space’ arts for God’s House Tower. The exhibition draws together data-driven climate research from Dr. Gordon Inglis at the University of Southampton and people-driven research from creative workshops with Rose Road to ask: what if climate change were reframed as an access and care issue?

The resulting multimedia installation will flood the main gallery space at GHT, offering new strategies for staying afloat in the face of disaster.

 

About Alistair Debling

Alistair Debling makes films, photographs, performances, meals and installations. His work investigates diverse fields, from queer nightlife and ecology to militarism, agriculture and architecture.

Through sustained engagement with a particular community, he likes to discover unlikely connections between things: what does a nuclear power station have in common with a disco ball? A dairy cow with a canonised saint? A gay bar with a wild elephant? Recent projects have been commissioned and presented by Art Gene, Barrow-in-Furness; Jwllrs, Morecambe; the Grundy Gallery, Blackpool; Grizedale Arts, Cumbria. Recent screenings include HOME, Manchester; Providenza, Corsica; Copenhagen Architecture Festival, Denmark; Atelier WG, Netherlands.

 

About the Partners

• Dr Gordon Inglis is a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow and Principal Research Fellow based in the School of Ocean and Earth Science at the University of Southampton. He studies climate-biogeochemistry interactions in past, present and future environments and specialises in the geochemical analysis of biomarkers (‘molecular fossils’).
• Rose Road is a charity that provides a range of care services, including overnight short breaks, onsite and offsite outreach and day services, and telephone SEN advice services, for children and young people with complex disabilities and their families, across Southampton and surrounding areas.

 

Exhibition Dates: 20th March 2026 – 24th May 2026

Location: God’s House Tower

 

RAFTS is funded by the Royal Society Climate and Biodiversity Public Engagement Programme, with additional support from a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship.