Curator and writer George Vasey’s brilliant essay on ‘Embers and the Giants’ for York Mediale 2020
Excerpt:
“Climate change is a form of slow violence, enacted over many generations. While it is often difficult to grasp, its scars run deep. The urgency for artists is to make the abstract, concrete and paint a vivid picture in people’s minds. Richardson re-makes the sublime for the 21st century, presenting us with landscapes that merge the spectral and the spectacular. In doing so, she creates a kind of third space where technology and nature meet; where memory and visions of the future collide.
To paraphrase Audre Lorde, poetry turns language into ideas into tangible action. Likewise, Embers and the Giants’ emotional overtures is a call to action. Richardson turns looking into recognition into responsibility for the 48% of remaining biodiversity. She fixes our gaze so we can’t avert it any longer.”
Read the full essay by curator and writer George Vasey here:
https://yorkmediale.com/news/george-vasey-on-embers-and-the-giants/