A Rural Idyll
In the Forest Garden
Inner Landscapes
Absent Presence
Trace
Photomontage
Performative Drawing
Act of Listening
About
@hortus_silvam
2021
moving image; sound; writing
Searching for the human in an industrial landscape.
Single channel HD video | short film | colour | 1’24” | sound
Gallery | Site specific exhibition: continuous loop with sound
“Vast, flat, sandy monocrops lie beneath floating, row cover; a semi-transparent polyethylene sheeting. The rhythmic billowing, like ocean waves in the wind corresponding to my breath.”
Location: Brecklands, Norfolk, UK
A rural idyll is a theme the artist keeps returning to, concerned with the concept of ‘nature’, and questioning the perceived ‘rural idyll’.
landscape, rural, environment, marginalisation, walking, listening
© Sophie Standford