The Forest That Sighs

Material Explorations: Touching Time

10 - 23 February 2020

STACKS Projects

Listening to The Living World #deeplistening - In order to respond to climate break down, species extinction, and over-consumption, humanity needs to examine and reassess our underlying attitudes and beliefs about the earth, and our spirituality as well as physical responsibilities toward the planet. Our ancestors had spiritual awareness and respect for Nature and other beings, recognising our connection and interdependence. 

The barely anthropomorphic forms in The Forest That Sighs seem rather oddly alien are simultaneously familiar and foreign from the unconscious. They possess a primal vitality that speak of the future. Handmade, organic, imperfect. They stand in majestic contrast to the shiny mylar, a subtle reminder of our outdated  present. 

This work was developed from a residency with NEARM in 2019.

Image credit Document Photography