And Time Begins Again presents a body of work that I began in 2009. It explores humankind’s fragile relationship with and dependence on the natural world. The title of the work and this publication, And Time Begins Again, is taken from Samuel Beckett’s “Text for nothing #8”.
The work relates to a derelict plant nursery in Denmark and when displayed in exhibitions has consisted of a series of panoramic photographs of the interior of the greenhouses. These have been displayed on light boxes made from recycled and adapted light components used in the nursery which were installed on sculptural structures echoing the spaces in the nursery as well as in video installation detailing aspects of this very particular place.
The sculptural installation, photographic and video works are taken on a series of walks in and around the greenhouses over the last nine years. During these walks I have traced and retraced my steps around the complex reflecting on the changes over time.
The location can be seen as a place in decay but also as the beginning of a transformation back to nature. Meditations on life and death are echoed in the trays of dead plants, the rusting architecture and the weeds and stray seeds, which have taken root and are growing up. It is my intention to slowly let the whole site return to nature and to eventually become a forest.
