Mar 22, 2021
David Buckland led the 2001 Cape FareWell Expedition to Svalbard; scientists, educators, artists, explorers and creatives came together to explore new lines of research and work alongside to create interdisciplinary work based on scientific research to shift the perception of climate change and garter the attention of a larger audience. He created his own artistic …
Viewers experience the landscape at eye-level by placing their heads within the terrarium-like structures. The experience is multi-sensory and immersive, with muffled sounds and smells of earth and moss. Viewers find themselves in intimate proximity to soil, plants, and each other, sharing the same air. I continue to develop this series of works which I …
Some artists further public art to incorporate an influential ability that shifts and changes perceptions by provoking questions and generating conversations to alter political beliefs (Palmer, J. 2018, p.76). This can be seen within Landmark: Footprints (2001) (Image 7) by Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla. Their work explores political issues by presenting them externally from …
In 2018 artist John Newling spent 81 consecutive days writing letters to Nature. The letters echo the sentiment of a series of letters to a loved one but with a voice of humanity attempting to come to terms with its relationship to nature. The letters take you on a journey through the history of agriculture, …
These photographs are part of an on-going project that explores the shapes and forms in found in trees and other plants that have fascinated him since childhood. This project was born to give a new perspective on botany in general, but started with trees. I use the branching patterns, roots, bark, leaves, etc. to create …
The photos taken during the Christmas break are a continuation of my Deforestation Project focusing on the environments surrounding me. Researching into my local area and the conservation efforts taking place; Bedgebury National Pinetum is a local 350 acre Wealden Country side, it is the largest world leading Pinetum. It focuses on species conservation, scientific …
Flowing forms and the merging of grey tones define the series “digital watercolors”, always captured through a window pane with raindrops and/or snowflakes on the glass. Smooth and soft shades of grey increase the impression of water and blurred raindrops for a sophisticated look, harmonizing perfectly with the “hahnemuhle fine art paper bamboo“. By making …
In 2006, Edgar Martin photographed forest fires that consumed vast area of Portugal. The changing temperatures have caused drought and high temperatures; leading to death and destruction from natural habitats. Although this isn’t cause by anthropogenic deforestation; anthropogenic climate change has cause varying temperatures and global warming that has an effect of drastic temperature fluctuations. …
Seagrass meadows were once common around the U.K. coast, but more than 90 percent have been lost as a result of algae-boosting pollution, anchor damage, and port and marina building. The meadows, however, store carbon 35 times faster than tropical rainforests and harbor up to 40 times more marine life than seabeds without grass, facts …
Ice Receding/Books Reseeding emphasizes the necessity of communal effort and scientific knowledge to deal with the complex issues of climate disruption and watershed restoration by releasing seed-laden ephemeral ice sculptures into rivers. I work with stream ecologists, biologists, and botanists to ascertain the best seeds for each specific riparian zone. When an ecosystem is restored …
A forest has been planted in Norway, which will supply paper for a special anthology of books to be printed in 100 years time. Between now and then, one writer every year will contribute a text, with the writings held in trust, unread and unpublished, until the year 2114. The manuscripts will be presented in …
Ice Watch Olafur Elliasson, born in 1967, is a Danish- Icelandic sculptor and installation artist who focuses on the human experience involving elemental materials to comment upon the anthropogenic era. Ice Watch (2015) by Elliasson consists of 12 ice bergs that broke off from the Greenland ice sheet. The blocks are arranged in a circular …
What worked? The melting of ice upon sugar paper had many unexpected outcomes. The initial unexpectance was that the paper didn’t dissolve in its entirety but became a jelly like substance whilst wet then hardened to its original form when dried out. The melting did manipulate the colours of the print thereby making it more abstract and had …
“Occasionally, the viewer is presented with a glimpse of architectural functionality and a rogue tendril or two straining to escape from a cracked pane or vent. Overwhelmingly however, these spaces and these photographs are transporting and dreamlike, presenting as they do a controlled, idealised version of nature at odds with the often scruffy — but …
Pierre Huyghe focus of producing working alternative to a human perspective presenting them as complex systems themselves as complex systems characterised by a wide range of life forms, inanimate objects and technologies. He produces immersive work surrounding the ever changing environment; incoporating how humans animals and other adapt and evolve. ‘I don’t want to exhibit something …
Vatnajökull (the sound of) 2007–08 A live phone line was created to an Icelandic glacier, via an underwater microphone submerged in Jökulsárlón lagoon, an outlet of Vatnajökull. The number 07757001122 could be called from any telephone in the world, and the listener would hear the sound of the glacier melting. Oct 1, 2020
Marco Kesseler has an ongoing photography project where he focuses his practice on exploring the conditions created by the controlled polytunnel environments. It unveils the hidden landscapes within the food productions focusing upon the themes of control and chaos. “In the polytunnel, the seasons are stretched and softened under the polythene skin and minute …
