Sophie Standford
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In the Forest Garden Selected Works

Melt


Single channel colour HD video (excerpt)
stereo camera sound
2019
Duration: 4’33”
Location: Suffolk

Winter frost glistens on the skin of a wizened quince fruit from the forest garden, where off camera the artist gently breathes onto its icy, frosted skin. The warmth from her breath slowly, imperceptibly at first, starts to melt the surface. Off screen the microphone intensifies engine sounds from vehicles driving by; pollution, damage, reliance and dependency.

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