Savannah Weiler

My works serve as observations of humanity’s increasingly tense interactions and confrontations with the landscapes that surround us. My art practice is rooted in material investigations into the nature and volatility of images documenting the natural world. Through layering stages of image processing, from a 36mm photo negative to a large assembled print, I explore the tension between preservation and decay embodied in my material choices of iron-gall ink and wax, as well as my subject matter. Drawing from my own photo archive taken of Scotland, Scandinavia and the Netherland, I aim to investigate the role of the tourist and various archives in documenting fragile ecosystems, that are often faced with disappearance in the face of climate change and other human influences. Through the use of corrosive iron-gall ink in my screenprints, I create an auto-destructive body of work that will fade and corrode over its lifespan, bearing witness to the landscape’s ongoing transformation both now and in future.