Art. Environment. Community. Place.

Operating at the intersection of art, environment and activism.

In the environmental crisis, when governments seem incapable of acting, and individuals overwhelmed by the scale of it, I believe the power to change lies locally, at community level.

My practice focuses on how people can help nature recover locally in the small coastal town of Brightlingsea in Essex which contains sensitive, highly protected, and yet overlooked ecological sites, vulnerable to rising sea levels and the threat of development.

I use participatory workshops, oral history, film and new media to immerse the local community in their immediate environment. I focus on what is specific to Brightlingsea, its ecology, heritage and community, unearthing local knowledge and stories, and making new ones.

Building on my oral history practice and experiments with new media which ‘map’ the local area, I’m interested in how outside workshops also ‘map’ locations through experiences.

My research-based practice explores how these experiences overlap to create inter-connectivity between local people.

I aim to foster community cohesion and connections to the local landscape, to empower people to take ownership of their area and make positive decisions for a more ecological future.