The core of the project was a 20-day travelling residency across UK landscapes. I collected footage & environmental sounds using newly acquired equipment, focusing on natural phenomena such as wind, water & decay. This material formed the basis of experimental compositions & visual sequences in the studio. Seeking to deeply observe & record the healing rhythms & patterns in nature; I examined slowness in order to learn how audiences can slow down their viewing of the work; the impact of biorhythms, sound waves, changeable acoustics in forests, all leading me to understand how interconnectedness transforms our energy. Using anologue films to capture the essence of place, hand developed films with a developer made from plants, collected from the areas I filmed. Although the initial process is analogue the films due to there own fragility need to be digitised and then reworked as stills, capturing those fleeting moments not normally detected by human eyes.
Earth Dies Screaming
Parched Whispers
Resilliance Resounds
New works created for the FotoFest 2026, are based on the landscape and how we are no longer in tune to the vibrations and murmurs of the land and nature around us. For the last few months I have been creating organic films on expired 16mm film and experimenting with sound scapes. Allowing the images to be created organically in a contained chaos, of their own worlds. I have created an installation from digitised stills of the films, which are printed onto transparent acrylic panels suspended for us to walk through and engage with the start and end of life.
Glimpse of Life
Extinction Chorus
Fragile Murmurs
The support DYCP funding offerd me a transformative opportunity to consolidate & expand my practice into immersive installation work. It offerd the vital space to take risks, explore new mediums & grow artistically without the constraints of market pressures. This was not only about developing skills in sound, film & spatial storytelling, but also about ensuring that this evolving vision was fully realised & shared with audiences that also responds to an escalating need in our society: for sensory connection, healing & belonging.
Installation at Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens details below –
These were created digitally, printed on acrylic
sheets, then suspended in their own fragility.
The exhibition of Vibrations of Resilience received highly positive responses from visitors, highlighting both the immersive and thought-provoking nature of the work. Audiences were drawn to the suspended translucent panels, describing them as “organic, almost visceral forms that glow as light filters through them,” which encouraged viewers to move around the installation and experience it from multiple perspectives.
Several comments emphasised the scale and colour of the panels, likening them to “large microscope slides revealing fragments of nature normally unseen,” reflecting both the magnificence of the natural world and the fragility of life on Earth. Visitors reported feeling transported, comparing the experience to “wandering through a dappled autumn woodland” and noting connections to landscapes above and below the earth’s surface, from forests to moorland.
The contrast between the stillness of the hanging panels and the dynamic, rapidly shifting film images was widely noted. Viewers found this tension evocative and compelling, while some suggested that presenting the film in a separate immersive space could further enhance engagement.
Overall, the work was described as “visceral, elemental, and spiritual, provoking reflection on internal landscapes, memory, and the human impact on the environment.” Audience responses indicate that the installation successfully “encourages contemplation of the relationship between natural cycles, industrial histories, and environmental regeneration.”
Artist talk at Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens