CONTACT Photography Festival + BigArtTO - The Advantages Of Tender Loving Care, 2021
CONTACT Photography Festival & BigArtTO, 2021
Artist Statement
Examining aspects of reciprocal care, Keeling seeks to understand how people form connections with each other and with nature, and how they capture and cherish memories and moments in time. In thinking through these concepts, the artist’s practice has shifted to include not only found images but also plants and flowers that she has grown herself or foraged from neighbours’ garden clippings. Hosted online within a virtual space evocative of a naturalistic outdoor landscape, The Advantages of Tender Loving Care features the first artworks in Keeling’s new series of moving images and collages that merge sourced imagery with scanned floral elements.
The Advantages of Tender Loving Care is still available to visit here. You can also watch a recorded tour included below at the bottom of this post (please note, there is audio of nature sounds).
Examining aspects of reciprocal care, Keeling seeks to understand how people form connections with each other and with nature, and how they capture and cherish memories and moments in time. In thinking through these concepts, the artist’s practice has shifted to include not only found images but also plants and flowers that she has grown herself or foraged from neighbours’ garden clippings. Hosted online within a virtual space evocative of a naturalistic outdoor landscape, The Advantages of Tender Loving Care features the first artworks in Keeling’s new series of moving images and collages that merge sourced imagery with scanned floral elements.
The Advantages of Tender Loving Care is still available to visit here. You can also watch a recorded tour included below at the bottom of this post (please note, there is audio of nature sounds).
The Advantages of Tender Loving Care was a featured exhibition as part of the CONTACT Photography Festival and a virtual tour of the exhibition was projected on the side of the Weston GO Centre as part of BigArtTO.