Exhumation, Witness, and Reconciling: Reflecting on the Relationship Between Trees, Landscape, and Sentiments of Home

This paper explores the following research question; how can one utilize place based/nature inspired practices to create visual depictions of what feeling at home can be like and what it can become in the future. This is explored through my personal creative lineage and memory by discussing sense of place, personal connection to local forests and trees, as well as the interconnectedness of bees to the local ecosystem. Through the use of photography, cyanotype and textile mediums I explore the relationship between memory and the environment in sculptural installation and suspended photographic art works. My research references Canadian and international artists such as Kelly Richardson, Henrik Håkansson and Katie Paterson to draw upon the existing body of knowledge to support their research. This research was done to draw attention to the importance of small and large impacts of society on the local natural environment within British Columbia.