Dell Quay is a site specific work originally commissioned for
Sussex Landscape: Chalk, Wood and Water at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
12 November 2022 – 23rd April 2023

In October 2022 a network camera was installed on the roof of Dell Quay Sailing Club in the Chichester Harbour Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, a tidal estuarine environment.

It is transmitting images pixel by pixel, line by line from the top left of the image to the bottom right over a six and a half hour period, approximately the time it takes for the tide to go in or out.

For the duration of the Sussex Landscape exhibition, Dell Quay was displayed in the gallery on a screen updating live, in real time, bringing the local landscape of Sussex into the exhibition.

Dell Quay is part of an ongoing series of works transmitting and composing images over time from remote locations.

Originally planned for a year the camera remains in place for now. The images are saved at 15 minute intervals continually accumulating to form an archive over the duration of the work.

In September 2024 three prints from this extensive image archive joined the permanent collection of Pallant House Gallery.

The live updating image can be seen above (please refresh for updates) with selected images posted regularly on Instagram at @susanalexislandscapes

Dell Quay has been made possible thanks to:
Dell Quay Sailing Club for generously hosting the camera on their roof and for giving their support, enthusiasm and time, in particular Vice Commodore Mark Moranne and Hon Treasurer and Webmaster Chris Rigg-Milner.
Matt Jarvis, as always for his creative programming and inventive solutions
Pallant House Gallery, in particular Louise Weller (former senior curator) and Miriam O’Connor Perks (curator) for the invitation and support.