On 3rd July, Clare jumped out of an aeroplane in aid of Hospiscare, Exeter. Fellow co-founder Diana made the link between the skydive and Clare’s forthcoming Particulart exhibition ‘Up in the Air’.
.@DianaFMoore @Hospiscare Yes! Perfect opportunity to sample the atmosphere http://t.co/oOdmJ9aGay #Particulart #UpintheAir #whatIdoforart
— Clare Bryden (@ClareBryden) July 2, 2015
.@ClareBryden did the jump! Thinks she snaggled a few #CO2 molecules in her hair on the way down. #Particulart for @Hospiscare.
— Particulart (@ParticulartExe) July 3, 2015
Clare writes: “It was touch and go, as my doctor’s form didn’t have the proper stamp, which meant panicked form-refilling and scanning and emailing and stamping and signing and scanning and emailing and printing and stapling. But anticipation gradually took over from stress, and then there was the spiral up to the jump height, the shuffling forward on the benches towards the gaping door, and the moment of sheer panic as I knelt on the edge and was tipped forward into oblivion… and then we levelled out and I could enjoy the sense of freefall for an all-too-short minute.”
If you would like to, it is still possible to sponsor Clare at https://www.justgiving.com/Clare-Bryden.
Buy a coffee and cake from the Glorious café on the ground floor, and wander up to the second floor gallery for 3D knitted molecules floating in the Earth’s atmosphere! Interactive card games! Cushions! Data about greenhouse gases! Something for everyone, in fact, including your inner or not-so-inner geek.
