Radioactive Holidays

Experience how landscapes remember, how histories linger, and how sensory alliances can expand our perception of seemingly familiar places!

Immerse yourself in the haunted landscapes of Andalusia’s eastern coast at this year’s Great Exhibition Road Festival, and take part in a collective publishing project that reassembles the multimedia traces of environmental disaster. While Andalusia is one of the UK’s top holiday destinations, few know that its coastline carries the unresolved legacy of one of the worst nuclear accidents in history.

In 1966, a US bomber carrying four thermonuclear weapons crashed over farmland in the province of Almería. Authorities secretly buried much of the radioactive fallout, yet the landscape retained the memory. For decades, scientists have traced the spectral presence of plutonium, relying not only on technoscientific sensors but also on plants, soils, humans, and other animals, which have functioned as living archives of toxicity. This makes it a great place to explore how landscapes can remember the past.

Visitor information

This is a drop-in event that is open to all genders and suitable for adults only. The workshop takes place in a zone for people 18+ only. People younger than 18+ will not be allowed entry into the building.

This event has step-free access. Accessible toilets can be found on the ground floor of the building.

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