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# Project Description A Field guide to Geoarbology Matt O'Rourke Summary Final work I am an illustrator, printmaker, curator and writer currently completing my MA in Illustration. My current project explores themes around giving non-humans a voice, memory and landscape. This has involved experimenting with different methods such as photography, installation and film making. I enjoy learning new ways to communicate and it is also important for my work to be playful and speculative, aiming to challenge how our imaginations can be a valuable tool in shaping a better future. I am an illustrator, printmaker, curator and writer currently completing my MA in Illustration. M... College Camberwell College of Arts Course MA Illustration Graduation year 2025 This project seeks to question the relationship with our landscapes. Why can't we use imagination to question and speculate on what memories our landscape hold, in place of the narrow scientific definitions, that often do not serve the non-humans of this environment? Set in an imagined world where a forgotten science of the 70s known as "Geoarbology" made possible the ability to listen to the hidden histories of the landscape. At a particular site, we learn of historic walks roman legions took, alongside the scuttles of extinct insects. Through listening to nature, human and non-human hierarchies are equalised. I believe imagination is key to unlocking new ways of giving importance to our dwindling natural environments. Final work A Tree at Glynde Tree model Research and process Share this project This project seeks to question the relationship with our landscapes. Why can't we use imagination to question and speculate on what memories our landscape hold, in place of the narrow scientific definitions, that often do not serve the non-humans of this environment?Set... A link to this page has been added to your clipboard Browse related work Beyond Human Digital Experiences Histories Nature & Environment Story & Myth Speculative Imagination ScienceFiction Film Photography BlackAndWhitePhotography
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