A Rural Idyll
In the Forest Garden
Inner Landscapes
Absent Presence
Trace
Photomontage
Performative Drawing
Act of Listening
About
@hortus_silvam
2021
Performance to camera documented in moving image; drawing; writing
Documenting a moment of contemplation on the hardy, prolific Rubus fruticosus pioneer plant, with lethal thorns and long, arching stems that keenly develop deep suckering roots.
Single channel HD video, stereo sound, text
Cinematic screening: 1 min 02 sec
digging in the soil, unearthing, revealing
the blackbird heralds
in full summer song
digging in the soil, unearthing, revealing
the severed heart of bramble
balancing, battling, mixed blessing;
nursing the new, neglectful nuisance
the blackbird heralds
in full summer song
forest garden, quiet activism, environment, time
A reminder that the forest garden lies undecided between meadow, wasteland, woodland or forest.
Location: Forest Garden, Suffolk
The Forest Garden Project is an ongoing act of quiet activism in protest and resistance against the demands of extraction and extinction associated with perpetual growth and expansion.
forest garden, quiet activism, environment, magic realism, time
© Sophie Standford