Alluvial Drift

At the widest part of the River Severn, The Noose emerges at low tide—a vast, shifting expanse of alluvium. With each tidal cycle, its shape, size, and position transform. Intricate channels carve through mud and sand, sculpting shimmering landscapes of ephemeral hills and valleys. Earth and sky merge in hues of brown, purple, blue, and pink, a fusion of translucence and reflection.

Yet beneath the surface, hidden in plain watery sight, lies Permit S/20/26558/R—a licence to spill. The overflow from Frampton Sewage Treatment Works seeps unnoticed, its failing monitors recording three months' discharge in a single year. No witnesses stand on these shimmering banks. No one sees the slow poison dissolve into the tide. No shareholders wade into the swirling waters to watch as waste mingles with mud and sand.