Illuminating

Using nature is a backdrop to experiment with "weird science" glow-in-the-dark designer pets and over-the-top, solar-powered garden decorations popular in contemporary suburban culture. Hybrid plants and naturally occurring spectacles, such as the red tide, the Northern Lights or fields of fireflies also find their way in as I rethink the meaning of landscape and the sublime. Objects and ideas are connected and recreated on a monumental scale, highlighting their absurdity while lending authority to the everyday. The work develops the notion of a homegrown science project gone awry. A piece on the BBC about protecting reindeer from traffic accidents by coating their antlers with reflective paint led to a Deer Crossing series