Precarious Living
Whitespace Gallery, 76 East Crosscauseway, Edinburgh, EH8 9HQ
9 – 13 April 2022
Precarious Living (Edinburgh, 2022) is a solo exhibition of print, collage and sound art. It is an unfinished collection, a snapshot of reality as it is here and now, with unmade pieces left jostling impatiently in the wings. These are works made in alarming times about remembering what matters most: environments, communities, families, selves.
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Works on show:
- Hello Orkney (2019)
Using the International Code of Signals to introduce sound art in Stromness. - shovels.office.about (2016)
Remembering a regular parliamentary train journey spent reflecting on precarious working conditions. - Dispersal (2019)
Wind visualisations drawn from an interactive sound installation. - Reveil (2019)
Recorded on International Dawn Chorus Day. - Stone Fringe Postcards (2019)
Map of the Stone Fringe Postcards listening locations along the shoreline of Stromness. - Stromnophony (2019)
Capturing the sounds of Stromness in summer 2019. - Saltwater Incursion (2020)
Describes the risk of coastal flooding to my local area with low-lying land predicted to be lost to the sea within the lifetimes of our children. - Dead Sands (2020)
The Dead Sands, a small tidal peninsula on my cousin’s farm, is already missing from Climate Central’s flood map representing the current area landmass. - Detach (2021)
Note to self: don’t even think about changing him/her! - Drain (2021)
Made while witnessing and stilling the rapid spin cycle of recent times. - Presence (2021)
Made while discussing motherless mothering with my siblings. - Well (2021-22)
Made while reaching the depths and returning safely. - Honesty (2021)
Made while contemplating boundaries between the self, hearth, realm and beyond. - Terra (2021)
Made while seeking a unified experience through negotiations of housing and childcare.