Exhibition: The Landing Project,

Open Day/Exhibition 27th September '25

 

'Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.

There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the earth' Rumi

 

I set myself a months 'residency at a distance' and start to make new work at home. I draw. I work with chalks and memory and repurposed paper. I work through graphite.

 

I recall this place, I recall the work I have seen made by Andrew Howe and Molly Brown over the years of their developing creative practices in response to associated projects; print, sound, collaboration.

 

I wonder about the patterns of seasons, relationships to animals. The political arguments that circle farming, animal farming. This brave inclusive place where thinking feels bright and urgent.

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This opportunity has introduced the concept of 'gentling'. I recall walking last year with Molly to meet her sheep and she talked of the practice of 'gentling' - I think of the beautiful pigs at the farm. This ignited connection. It has informed existing practices of reciprocal witnessing, the gaze - longing.

 

I think of presence

I think of blindness - I sharpen my attention

 

I listen to talks by Temple Grandin "Animals make us Human'. I look at photographs by Tina Tryforos and Jo Longhurst. I read John Bergers 'How to Look at Animals' and dip into 'The Animal Question in Deconstruction' Ed. Lynn Turner.

 

Passages of Gentling: by air, by touch

(in part 1,2,3)

mixed media 2025

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My thanks to Andrew Howe and Molly Brown for this invitation to engage with their project, make new work and meet a wonderful cohort of exhibiting artists.

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