Artist-Led Tour: RAFTS with Alistair Debling
Event, Exhibitions, Free, In Person, Talks
Saturday 23rd May 2026 2:30pm - 4:00pm
God's House Tower, Town Quay Road, Southampton, SO14 2NY
This event is part of the exhibition RAFTS by Alistair Debling. The exhibition will be on display until Monday 25th May 2026. GHT is open Thursday to Sunday every week. Free admission to Main Gallery Exhibitions.
A special celebration to mark the end of the exhibition, featuring a tour of the show by the lead artist, Alistair Debling, followed by an informal Q&A in the GHT Café.
About the artist
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 exhibition
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.
Read more about the exhibition HERE
Associated Events – RAFTS
We’re hosting a series of free workshops, talks and events alongside the run of RAFTS by Alistair Debling. Click here to get involved
Launch Event: RAFTS by Alistair Debling
Friday 20th March, 6pm – 9pm
FLARB (Free, Lazy, Arty, Radical Bookclub) with ZEST
Saturday 18th April, 2:30pm – 4pm
Online Artist Voices: In Conversation with Alistair Debling, Dr Gordon Inglis and Mia Taylor
Thursday 7th May, 6pm – 8pm
GHT Creative Writing Group with Liz Amos
Saturday 9th May, 2:30pm – 4pm
Drop-In Information Session: Southampton Healthy Homes
Friday 15th May, 2:30pm – 4pm
Artist-Led Tour: RAFTS with Alistair Debling
Saturday 23rd May, 2:30pm – 4pm