Gold and green forests

Sweden's fauna and flora are constantly changing. Humans have not only deliberately promoted introduced new species in horticulture, agriculture forestry, they also acted as a vector for the introduction of alien through, example, transportation food. When these spread rapidly affect biodiversity, deemed ‘invasive species’. This artistic research project explores articulates how humans, part system where nature culture meet, complex functioning ecosystems through movement species. The starting point is iconic elm tree its cultural natural been wiped out large parts Europe by invasive fungus Ophistoma novo ulmi. With extinction come ecological losses. Those losses examined interpreted this work, dialogue with people. At same time, another explored, Canadian goldenrod, which, unlike elm, expanding rapidly. explorations, life stories about will be created our collective memory, but speculation what happens when species, such spreads. form my narrative based materials, crafts objects. It primarily objects process that carriers stories. As ceramicist, I use clay sketching material, binder tool documentation. These constitute materiality exploration creation.