Short&Forward (Louise Short and Alice Forward)
John Royle’s Barrow
John Royle’s Barrow
John Royle’s Barrow
John Royle’s Barrow
STAG
STAG
STAG
STAG
STAG
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Title: John Royle’s Barrow
Date: 2024
Medium: Iron wheelbarrow, water, Himalayan balsam, gilded and pressed
From press release:
John Royle was employed by the Dutch East India Company to Plant hunt for the lucrative pharmaceutical and horticultural markets. Royle introduced Himalayan or Indian balsam to the royal Botanic Gardens at Kew around 1838. It thrived beyond anyone’s expectations, later inspiring John Wyndham’s Day of the Triffids.
Title: STAG
Date: 2024
Medium: Film, 4 minute loop
From press release:
Stag beetles are en route to Wales from the southeast due to climate change.
In the valley where we live in furthest west Wales we are preparing our woodlands for the arrival of this fabulous insect in a decade or so, by stacking woodpiles and planting more trees, etc. Our efforts are hampered however by marauding 4x4 off-roaders…
Artist: Short&Forward (Louise Short and Alice Forward)
Exhibition: En Route, 2024
Website:
http://louiseshort.co.uk
https://axisweb.org/artist/aliceforward
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