In this episode, Canadian multi-media artist Genevieve Robertson talks about how planting trees was a family preoccupation, the environmental trauma caused by logging in her home province of British Columbia, how materials are central to her art, how detritus and primordial matter are inspirations, and about her current exhibition in Birmingham which includes both examples of her Canadian experience and new work referencing the Black Country’s ecological history.
Genevieve Robertson talking with Bob Chaundy
Accompanying images on consideringart.com
Lichen from Carbon Study: Walking in the Dark
Milk (plateau) detail from Endless Body series
Monument Creek Wildfire Study
Scapula from Carbon Study: Walking in the Dark
All images are © Genevieve Robertson
You can see more of Genevieve’s work on her website
Her exhibition Under the Orange Sticks of the Sun is at MAC until 5th July
Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
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