I am giving an online artists talk as part of my GRAIN Projects x Forestry England Photographer in Residency commission on Tuesday 24 Oct 2023 18:00 - 19:30 BST.

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I have had two stays in Cannock Chase during my residency, and was lucky enough to spend time with Forestry England, discussing the plans they have for the future of the forest, and what challenges they face with the climate crisis. Managing a forest is hugely complex task, and one that requires constant evaluation and agility to respond to the rapidly changing world around us.

I also engaged with geologist Dr Ian Stimpson of Keele University, who has shared his endless knowledge about the rhythm of Earth’s changing climates over its 4.543 billion years of history. These two contrasting temporalities form the basis of my work for this project. How can we try and shift our viewing of the forest, to see each living or non-living element as a consequence of the events and processes that have occurred over the billions of years of Earth’s history, and the billions and billions of years of the pre-Earth Universe before that? How can we develop our understanding of the world around us to see this exceptional set of circumstances in our view?