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Residents(Residence)

Collaborative project with the Landscape Architect Dorothy Bothwell

This project is part of a conceptual series of habitat enrichment interventions at the I-Park Foundation

The sculptural form of the incubator cages (in this case a tower) protect young native beneficial plants.  As the form breaks down, the plants take over and begin to colonise the site, improving biodiversity.

In this case the introduced plant is the Marginal Wood Fern, Dryopteris marginalis.  The project can be expanded to take on different typologies; meadow and marshland as well as, in this case, woodland. 

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Strands of work

An investigation of growth and decay and transformative processes has resulted in several strands of work emerging.  I am taking photos to show the changes in the park as autumn arrives.  The full on colour has been knocked back by a destructive Gypsy Moth infestation this summer. 

I’m using gold leaf and moss to alter some cast-off concrete hemispheres.

I’m also working on a piece in the woods made out of recycled doors and moss (concept drawing below).  The title, Rehabilitation, refers to the function of the moss taking over and breaking down the doors, to the work that I-Park are doing on the land, and to the role of the residency as a place of retreat for artists.  There is a natural cycle going on in the work, but the shortening of the word to REHAB brings a more urban connotation to mind.