Anna Gillespie: Solo Exhibition

'At this moment in time the inescapable fact of the climate emergency is what I am experiencing and therefore it is key theme of my work. The work however, is not about climate change itself but rather about our human response to it. As a species we turn away unable to watch or hear the truth.

The beauty of the world around us gives us solace even as we grieve its destruction. Some of my work is simply a way of paying homage to this beauty we are a part of, of attempting to comprehend that we are embedded in the biosphere, the web of life, rather than existing alone, at the top of a pyramid of life.

My work on this aspect of our relationship with Earth often incorporates found natural materials to call attention to this connection that can be lost when we live in the ‘built’ environment and in an increasingly digital culture.'