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David Barnes was born in 1974 in Cardiff and lives in the Rhymney Valley. His artistic practice is grounded in long-term collaborations with communities in his native south Wales - using a layered approach which combines photography, film and installation. His work has been exhibited widely in the UK and Europe. Barnes' project King Tide presents an open-ended narrative working with communities in the south Wales valleys. King Tide refers to a phenomenon affecting the sea where the sun, earth and moon are aligned at 'perigee' and 'perihelion'. This event often happens at night and goes unnoticed. Barnes uses this as a metaphor for the unnoticed forces often at play in our lives. The series considers identity and belonging in the context of how past histories play out in contemporary lives.