A Rural Idyll
In the Forest Garden
Inner Landscapes
Absent Presence
Trace
Photomontage
Performative Drawing
Act of Listening
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@hortus_silvam
2020
Performed action; moving image
The title makes reference to our mutual cooperation and assistance during the Coronavirus pandemic of 2019-2020.
Single channel colour HD video with camera sound
Cinematic screening: 2 min
Gallery | Site specific exhibition: continuous loop with sound
The artist performs the hand washing code that became ubiquitous during the pandemic. Ash is recommended by the World Health Organisation as a soap substitute where there is no access to soap. Ash is also a symbol of mortality. Here the artist's hand washing routine becomes a desperate and futile act against the wind that threatens and frustrates her washing medium of ashes. The gallery of images a replication of the instructional hand-washing posters in washrooms and institutions.
Location: Forest Garden, Suffolk
Absence Presence is an ongoing project of visual laments, exploring inter-generational aspects of loss and grief and abandonment.
Coronavirus pandemic
© Sophie Standford