Conversations - Perceptions OF LAndscape

As part of my interest in how we perceive the landscape I have started to have conversations with people that work in or make work about the landscape.

The first of such was with artist David Stone, a painter and PhD student from Colchester. We discussed the role of artists in depicting the landscape, the role of the Romantic Movement, Capability Brown and his blurring of the lines between garden and landscape, Luke Turner’s ‘Out of the Woods’ and much more. 

For the second conversation I revisited my childhood landscape, and although I didn’t call it that when I was younger, I spent a lot of time outside playing with my friends, building dens and setting fire to stuff. I also spoke to my mum for an hour about how our family members have always moved to new places in search of work and a better life, my parents decision to move from inner city London to a semi-rural dead end road to bring up their family and a variety of lifestyle choices that shaped how I could navigate my local environment. 

These interviews will be released soon so please keep an ear to the ground for announcements.