Spirulina, salt, peat, bog water, river silt, acrylic medium, rubbing alcohol, hessian scrim, field recordings.
An audio-visual installation of encrusted prints of ancient algae specimens from the Oxford Herbarium that I revived in the peat fens of the Lye Valley and hung up to dry once again. Accompanied by field recordings from a walk through the fen, logging the soaking process and changing density of the ground.
Cystophyllum muricatum, Cystoseira trinodis.
origin - N. Holland
William Dampier voiaga vol. 3. Tab. 2 fig. 2.
origin - N. Holland
William Dampier voiaga vol. 3. Tab. 2 fig. 2.