Landscapes of Hope
2025
Landscapes of Hope was a two-person exhibition with Rachael Champion, curated by Becca Pelly-Fry at School Gallery, Folkestone in 2025 which toured to the Arts, Health and Wellbeing Centre in Gloucester 2025/26.
The exhibition developed from research into landscapes shaped by extremes of water and climate.
Plants in the Atacama Desert and on the shingle at Dungeness survive on very little water and in a salty environment. In Landscapes of Hope, I followed these conditions through ceramics shown alongside driftwood and salt, bringing together two landscapes.
Image above: The leaves fell, falling, until the only tree was the falling itself. (2025) Glazed ceramics, driftwood, found natural materials, salt. Dimensions Variable
The leaves fell, falling, until the only tree was the falling itself
2025
Glazed ceramics, driftwood, found natural materials, salt.
Dimensions Variable
Install shot of Landscapes of Hope exhibition. School Gallery, Folkestone. (2025)
The leaves fell, falling, until the only tree was the falling itself (2025) translates ideas and materials from Embodied Land, made during my residency in Coyo, Chile. In Chile, the work drew on local materials, the desert environment, and encounters with Lickan Antay ritual practices, including the use of coca leaves and the placement of objects in relation to the volcanic landscape. In Dungeness, I gathered driftwood and branches and combined them with glazed ceramic vessels. The work creates a set for a new ritual of careful observation, connecting two distant landscapes.
The exhibition was shown at School Gallery, Folkestone, and then at the Arts, Health and Wellbeing Centre, University of Gloucestershire, in Gloucester. In Gloucester, the exhibition and public programme shifted the focus to who can reach green and watery places, and how climate change is altering the landscapes that people rely on for their health.
Conduit
2025
(09:18)
Single-channel Moving Image