Treelines - here and there.
Sculpture / Installation / Photography
Crocheted trees made from wool and recycled plastic bags, colour photographs and video. ongoing from 2018
Treelines - here and there is an ongoing installation series of cocheted trees and large format photographs and video projections shot in locations in Scotland and British Columbia. The project is meant to provoke questions and thoughts about land use, the legacy of colonialization and our collective relationship to land in a time of climate crisis. In the gallerythe hand-made crocheted trees and their shadows fill the gallery space. Serving as stand-ins for what would have grown in the area – whether larch or rowan, ponderosa pine or aspen – the crocheted wool trees read both as specific species and as trees in general. The plastic trees also have another register—they remain alien looking, intentionally toxic or a little ghostly. Grouped together in the gallery, they become approachable and intimate objects with a plush, almost stuffed animal feel at a scale that is relatable. As well as being presented in a gallery the trees have been placed in situ and photographed to convey a vulnerability and fragility, incongruous against backdrops of clearcuts, slag heaps, and powerlines that depict the crocheted trees situated across a variety of landscapes. The images and videos juxtapose selective moments captured against the vast scale of environmental change. To date the project has been undertaken in the interior of British Columbia, the Outer Hebrides in Scotland, in Greece. Future plans include regions in Ontario.
Crocheted trees made from wool and recycled plastic bags, colour photographs and video. ongoing from 2018
Treelines - here and there is an ongoing installation series of cocheted trees and large format photographs and video projections shot in locations in Scotland and British Columbia. The project is meant to provoke questions and thoughts about land use, the legacy of colonialization and our collective relationship to land in a time of climate crisis. In the gallerythe hand-made crocheted trees and their shadows fill the gallery space. Serving as stand-ins for what would have grown in the area – whether larch or rowan, ponderosa pine or aspen – the crocheted wool trees read both as specific species and as trees in general. The plastic trees also have another register—they remain alien looking, intentionally toxic or a little ghostly. Grouped together in the gallery, they become approachable and intimate objects with a plush, almost stuffed animal feel at a scale that is relatable. As well as being presented in a gallery the trees have been placed in situ and photographed to convey a vulnerability and fragility, incongruous against backdrops of clearcuts, slag heaps, and powerlines that depict the crocheted trees situated across a variety of landscapes. The images and videos juxtapose selective moments captured against the vast scale of environmental change. To date the project has been undertaken in the interior of British Columbia, the Outer Hebrides in Scotland, in Greece. Future plans include regions in Ontario.
