HARVEST
- marybransonclark
- Jul 3
- 1 min read
Updated: Jul 15
Harvest. Light sculptures, 300m x 250m field, 66 x LED Bales.
Harvest is a site-specific intervention on farmland beneath Box Hill, Surrey.
In developing this project, Branson explores the relationship of the local farming community to the land, the processes and rituals of harvest time and the impact of the changing climate on their business. Harvest is an illuminated artwork highlighting some of the unseen work that goes into shaping the landscape that is often taken for granted.
Our changing climate has had a particularly damaging result on farming this year, with the drought causing a much-reduced crop. Branson’s installation features sixty-six ‘skeleton’ bales – illuminated outlines, arranged in a farmed formation across the lower field.
‘It’s a rare privilege to be able to create an art work for such a beautiful location. Observing the fields’ harvest cycle has been a real eye opener, seeing the delicate balance faced each season with the increasingly extreme weather conditions. This is the story that has shaped my installation’. Mary Branson, 2018.f
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