On mobiles -Winter blossom

After admiring the blooms this spring and as we become immersed in colour again, I have been in the studio thinking about the impact of climate change on the flowering calender.

At work, I have been listening to Peter Frankopan who tells the history of the transformation of earth and the paradigms that human presence have created as far back as archaeological evidence can reach. ‘The Earth Transformed – an untold history’ is a bit of a marathon book covering 4.5 billion years. I am now inspired and exhausted !

The question comes - how is nature adapting with earlier flowering cycles and how will it synchronise with the lives of flies and insects that are part of this ecosystem ? how can or will the disjuncture between the two be bridged ? So, I have begun work on ‘Winter Blossom’ in which I try to imagine the presence of blossoms out of chime with the seasons. There are themes of melted ice, ice crystals and the pink of the cherry blossom season so beautifully celebrated in Japan.

I started with modular elements and have now begun to construct and it’s all looking a bit 1980’s Memphis. I AM a big fan of Nathalie Du Pasquier, its another installation – feel free to take a look in the gallery, more photos coming soon.