My practice resists the anthropocentric belief that places humans at the centre of existence, instead highlighting the growing disconnection between humans and nature, an estrangement self-imposed by our increasingly urbanised lifestyle. Mother Nature was once regarded as a sacred, powerful central force associated with healing, medicine, protection, and ritual, and modern society is losing this vital connection. I seek to remind viewers of our inherent interconnectedness and that by destroying our Earth, we are ultimately destroying ourselves. Working from my own position as a woman living in an environment increasingly distanced from natural cycles, I aim to explore our spiritual and physical relationship.
Ecofeminist theory reveals that environmental destruction disproportionately affects women, especially in the global south, where women are mainly responsible for water collection, food preparation, and caring for children and livestock. The domination of both women and the natural world stems from the same patriarchal systems. However, women are often excluded from the industrial and policy decisions that cause ecological damage. Confronting the climate crisis cannot be done by ignoring gender inequalities, and it requires listening to the voices of those closest to the land.
I have given up some agency to nature in my processes, such as making my own plant-based film developer, printing cyanotypes on agar-agar (a bioplastic made from algae) and zooming in on nature’s beauty with microscope film photography. These slow, low-impact processes resist the aestheticisation of polluted landscapes and toxic photographic methods and instead embrace chance, failure, and material degradation as collaborators rather than flaws. This positions my making, not just my outcome, as a political act. My work aims to function as a space of reconnection - one that acknowledges fragility, responsibility, and our shared entanglement with the ecosystems that sustain us. I invite viewers to slow down, reflect, and reconsider their relationship to the natural world.
