The Unearthings
A Rural Idyll
In the Forest Garden
Inner Landscapes
Absent Presence
Trace
Photomontage
Performative Drawing
Act of Listening
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single channel black and white HD video | stop-motion animation | 2’26” | sound
flat arable lands
scant tree and hedge
fierce wind tears across
flat industrial fields
few trees or
hedgerows
to impede
Capturing the physical, intangible forces of the weather, in this case the wind - a characteristic feature of local Suffolk landscapes, where industrial farming since the 1970s necessitates an absence of trees and hedgerows which exacerbates the ferociousness of winds without impediment.