Works
Featured film 'Of Bog and Blood' filmed with True Fiction Films, co-directed with Sam Irens, written by Holly Bennett. (2023)
'Of Bog and Blood'
Degree show 2023, Chelsea College of Art.
Of Bog and Blood installation comprised of 'Well', built by the artist from Kentish chestnut and reclaimed agrogate bricks, a selection of ceramic vessels representing 'the wild' admist the mundanity of life; weeds brambles and forgotton places. Bog oak fragments were scattered through the installation as well as a live acorn sprouting a sapling. The walls held a publication of writing, poetry and meandering through mind and land relevant to Bennett's research as well as a spade mounted on reclaimed church brackets reading 'made in england', endevering to reconnect the viewer to the history of place; stories long lost and yet to be told. This was all set to the back drop of the film 'Of Bog and Blood' depicting Holly Bennett on an imagined pilgramage to find, a sacred well.
'Well' (2023)
Bramble Cup, (2023)
Found diary of a Nun, wild clay, bog oak (2023)
Bramble bowl, caramic, 2023
Thistle plate, ceramic, 2023
Lunation exhibition, GREENhaus Garden, Chelsea college of art (2022)
Time Passing Over the Land (2022)
Forraged Tea cermeony in collaboration with Saya Hirayam and Thea Ng .
Time Passing Over the Land - Exhibition (2022)
- Live soup ceremony - Experimenting with the idea of relational aesthetics, Holly Bennett and Saya Hirayama, collaboratively took part in making and serving foraged nettle miso soup. By engaging a participating audience the performance explored the possibilities of learning from the land and connecting across cultures through overlaps in folklore and ancient practices.
