autopsie

‘autopsie’  presents elements of material fieldwork made and gathered over a six year period for artist Caroline AreskogJones who has spent time afloat on the Sea of Hebrides and within the Natural History Museum Cetacean Special Collection.

The activity of collecting natural history specimens is longstanding, it exists alongside the complexities of presenting these as pinned within museum cases for observation, scientific analysis and conservation.

Drawing on research and observation of whale remains, this series of collected material responses, considered as printed matters, explore feelings of loss and fragility, of silence and unspoken trauma , forming part of a larger body of works.

Using carefully considered materials and processes, the sealed vitrine expands beyond its confines into the imaginary accompanied by an ethereal soundscape created by musician/composer Oskar Jones.

The concept of Deep Listening as developed by Pauline Oliveros encourages being open to a wider appreciation of landscape – broadening the boundaries of perception in order to consider and appreciate the complexities and interconnections that exist beyond the human realm.

It involves an active going below the surface of things to connect more deeply, it is in contrast to

the passive reception of hearing.

Deep listening helps to change or dissolve limiting boundaries as this installation aims to inspire.