This work is a response to a description of a measure of the Anthropocene, the period since the beginning of the twentieth century during which human activity has triggered irreversible change on Earth, outlined by geologist Jan Zalasiewicz in his lecture ‘Visualising the Anthropocene’. This was delivered as part of the Lovelock 100 conference atContinue reading “Cubic Measure”
Category Archives: Artwork
Oil spill and tyre scrubs.
I have been tackling the growing pile of 2D work relating to Byway 745 Observatory. This includes contour drawings used to build 3D work, numerous photographs, frottage and observational drawings made on site. A great prompt to get on and use some of this material to create stand alone work has come through an MAContinue reading “Oil spill and tyre scrubs.”
Wheatham Hill.
Having set myself the challenge of making observations in the landscape over the summer, I now return to the problem of curation of that information. I have a collection of rubbings, drawings, photographs, videos and collected materials. I also have graphic information relating to the geology and contours of the site which has been realisedContinue reading “Wheatham Hill.”
Being in the landscape.
I have recently been in, been-with, the landscape through the experience of working on this series of drawings, on location, beneath the remains of a once-laid beech hedge. That laid hedge, now grown out, its stock-proof boundary-making function replaced with wire fencing, is a marker between public and private land. I place myself in theContinue reading “Being in the landscape.”
Scholars’ rocks. ‘Elegant Friends for a Lofty Studio’.
Scholars Rock in the Form of a Fantastic Mountain. Taihu limestone. MET Creative Commons Zero An MA trip in lockdown. To replace a planned physical trip to London the group voted to visit galleries virtually in another city. Shanghai was the city we chose. The brief was to find an artwork and respond to it throughContinue reading “Scholars’ rocks. ‘Elegant Friends for a Lofty Studio’.”
Under(cover)
Debate around the politics of litter explored by Rosemary Shirley in her essay Keeping Britain Tidy: Litter and Anxiety 2016 have prompted me to take a closer look at my own reactions to what I find on my walk. My submission to the Instagram Open Call Under(cover) takes photographs of discarded tissues from the firstContinue reading “Under(cover)”
Traces of the Technosphere.
My submission to the group show Unsettling Focus, to be held at The James Hockey Gallery, UCA, Farnham, has finally come together. The work consists of several elements – plaster and steel sculpture, digital print and video. The work presents a future for the plastic detritus I collect on a 4000 year old track inContinue reading “Traces of the Technosphere.”
Substrata
This work consists of a stack of hand built gabion baskets filled with collected materials from the landscape. The largest layer is chalk, then flint, brick, concrete, plastic and metal objects, earth and moss. The chalk layer represents the vastness of geological time, and the work references human impact on the fossil record as wellContinue reading “Substrata”
Liz Clifford 