Expaining Urbanism to Wild Animals (2002)
digital video: Burrow, 2.34 mins; Pond, 2.45 mins; Woodland, 4.50 mins; Woodlands' Edge, 3.16 mins
Four-channel video installation with accompanying photographs. Filmed in the Cheshire greenbelt, in and around Macclesfield, the work features two protagonists playing construction sounds to various ecosystems.
Exhibited: Explaining Urbanism to Wild Animals, Tmesis Gallery, Manchester, 2002; Unnatural World, Video City, SeeSaw, Manchester, 2023; Let the Grassroots Grow; Runde Ecke, Riesa efau – Kultur Forum, Dresden; Rex Box, Bern; SET Studios, London, 2024
Installation view: Unnatural World, Video City, SeeSaw, Manchester, 2023
Installation view: Explaining Urbanism to Wild Animals, Tmesis Gallery, Manchester, 2002
Installation view: Simply Nature, Missing Fire, Video City, Rex Box, Bern, 2024
Image credit: Louise Martig