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Crashing the Ecology

Posted by Charlotte Squire

kamikazi mask, hanging basket, moss and ferns

Charlotte Squire’s installations in mixed media/found materials have used myth to explore city habitats and how they adapt to change, whether it be physical, technological, and geographic. Since moving to Plymouth and post covid, her practice has moved towards smaller work, and she has introduced ceramics into her work for the first time.

Current work consider how we might live more symbiotically with the natural world given the climate crisis; a small figure on stilts wading through the flooded landscape or a mythical figure growing out of root systems in clay, found objects & textile…

 

Crashing the Ecology 2023 part of Synergy at Leadworks in Plymouth, curated tina Kutter

Seed Head

Posted by Charlotte Squire

 

photo credits Nicky Hirst 2022

 Spirit figures in mask & costume evoke a magic realism of an older culture needing to be recalled as the natural world struggles with our careless treatment of it….

over lockdown the garden became a sanctuary to grow plants to eat and become reacquainted with the seasonal evolution of plants in my patch. Cv19 year 1 was a wonderful growing year. In year 2, my small patch of crops was decimated by unseasonal plagues of caterpillars and slugs drawing me to think about superstitions, ancient deities and past ritual practice invoked to protect the seasons cycles.

Performing Green curated by Kim Thornton provided an environment to add a performance strand to my practice that I had not previously considered