un-wheel re-wild
an intervention in the landscape, iron wheel wrapped in sheep's wool, placed at rest by the river
At Rhod artist's camp in 2017 I took a disused iron wheel, and wrapped it in sheep's wool, then placed it in the landscape, letting it rest in various places until finally it was beside the river. The wheel here symbolic of industrial progress becomes 'un-wheel', as it takes part in a ritual of being shrouded by sheep's wool, and is now silent, is now still, resting in wilderness, while the river flows as ever.
Fellow artist and friend Jo Dacombe has chosen to publish the image in the Spring 2021 edition of IMMINENT. The zine is produced using recycled paper and plant based inks, printed through a riso printer running on sustainable energy sources. Imminent is a collection of words and images by contemporary creative writers and artists around the UK, edited by Jo, with whom I share the sentiment that the physical object has an agency which we often miss in these times of digital consumption. Jo's concept behind the zine is that "The zine will not exist online, because it needs to be a material thing. I believe that the experience of holding something in your hand that is tangible and has been produced from the world, and considering how that thing came to be, as well as our relationship with it, is part of the environmental connection that we need to renew in our current times.". To obtain a copy please click here to be directed to Jo's blog.
Fellow artist and friend Jo Dacombe has chosen to publish the image in the Spring 2021 edition of IMMINENT. The zine is produced using recycled paper and plant based inks, printed through a riso printer running on sustainable energy sources. Imminent is a collection of words and images by contemporary creative writers and artists around the UK, edited by Jo, with whom I share the sentiment that the physical object has an agency which we often miss in these times of digital consumption. Jo's concept behind the zine is that "The zine will not exist online, because it needs to be a material thing. I believe that the experience of holding something in your hand that is tangible and has been produced from the world, and considering how that thing came to be, as well as our relationship with it, is part of the environmental connection that we need to renew in our current times.". To obtain a copy please click here to be directed to Jo's blog.
riso print, in green, white and black on recycled paper approx 7" x 5"
