LAND

Land was initiated following a residency on the Isle of Skye in the Western Highlands of Scotland in 2023. Developed in sustained dialogue with the landscape, the series approaches land not as passive subject but as an active repository of memory—one that accumulates, retains, and gradually reveals traces of lived time. The works emerge from close observation and embodied presence, attending to the ways in which place carries histories that are both visible and intangible.

Across the series, the Scottish Highlands are presented as a terrain shaped by interwoven natural and human narratives. Reflections in pools and lochs, the presence of flora and fauna, and evocations of sound and vibration function as recurring motifs, suggesting the landscape as a resonant field rather than a fixed image. Memory is articulated not through linear chronology but through sensory and spatial experience, where visual surfaces become thresholds through which deeper temporal layers are sensed. The land is thus understood as a living archive, disclosing fragments of its history through rhythm, repetition, and echo.

The works resist spectacle in favour of stillness and attentiveness. Solidity, quiet, and immersion become central strategies, allowing the viewer to encounter the landscape as something enduring yet continually in flux. In this way, Land situates itself within broader ecological and philosophical discourses that consider place as relational, performative, and contingent upon care.

Produced in a time of increasing environmental instability, the series also carries an implicit awareness of vulnerability. Climate change and contemporary pressures threaten the ecological balance and continuity of landscapes such as the Scottish Highlands. Against this backdrop, Land operates as both an act of witnessing and a gesture of preservation—foregrounding the beauty, resilience, and fragility of a place whose memory is inseparable from its future.